Birds to See in Portugal in October
251 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
251 bird species on our list for Portugal are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, House Sparrow, European Robin, Yellow-legged Gull and Sardinian Warbler. New this month: Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Song Thrush and Eurasian Siskin and 24 more.
New in October28
- Chiffchaff
- Meadow Pipit
- Song Thrush
- Eurasian Siskin
- Red Kite
- Water Pipit
- Redwing
- Razorbill
- Common Crane
- Brambling
- Kittiwake
- Merlin
- Ring Ouzel
- Greater Scaup
- Fieldfare
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Snow Bunting
- Jack Snipe
- Brent Goose
- Pink-footed Goose
- American Golden-Plover
- Rock Pipit
- Iceland Gull
- Lapland Longspur
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Swainson's Thrush
- Scarlet Tanager
Residents
(116)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufaNT
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly May–Mar
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(31)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Apr–Dec
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly May–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Winter visitors
(74)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Sep–May
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(26)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Sep–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Aug–Nov
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Sep–Jan
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May–Jan
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly May–Nov
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Scarce visitors
(4)Recorded in some years but not every year
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