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
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–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