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
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentUncommon24–27 cmRecorded all year
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–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