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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 121, most common first
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all 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