Falcons in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 5 falcons recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made