Uncommon Birds in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 121 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 46 residents, 27 summer visitors, 41 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
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 121, most common first
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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