Rare Birds in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 88 rare birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 7 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 88, most common first
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasPassage migrantRare91–137 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Jan
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 cm
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixScarceRare11–13 cm
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