Petrels & Shearwaters in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 4 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors 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 4, most common first
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Manx Shearwater 30–38 cm
- Balearic Shearwater 35–40 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Great Shearwater 43–51 cm
Body 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