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
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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