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
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRegularly May–Mar
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusSummer visitorRare30–33 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusScarceRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusResidentRare18–20 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceRare11–13 cm
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusScarceRare18–22 cmRegularly Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusScarceRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantRare29–40 cmRegularly Feb
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaScarceRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
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