Birds in Portugal

293 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Portugal has 293 bird species recorded regularly there: 116 residents, 46 summer visitors, 86 winter visitors, 37 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 7.9 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Portugal in September

239 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 239 birds in September

Arriving in September: Whinchat, Golden Plover, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon, Hen Harrier, White-rumped Sandpiper, Stock Dove, Little Gull and 10 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Portugal each month: most in October (251), fewest in June (196). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Greater Flamingo
Greater FlamingoLargest · 145cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Greater Flamingo (145 cm)66 families

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All 293 birds on the list

Showing 231–253 of 293 species

Eurasian Woodcock

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticolaLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Leach's Storm-petrel

Leach's Storm-petrel

Hydrobates leucorhousVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Squacco Heron

Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloidesLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalisLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Dotterel

Dotterel

Eudromias morinellusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Oct

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Monk Parakeet

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachusLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-throated Loon

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellataLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabiniLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly May–Dec

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Ruddy Shelduck

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferrugineaLC

Winter visitorRare

Recorded all year

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Nov

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaeaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Nov

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Atlantic Puffin

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arcticaVU

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–May

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Apr

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eider

Eider

Somateria mollissimaNT

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Brent Goose

Brent Goose

Branta berniclaLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Mar

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Temminck's Stint

Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckiiLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Aug–Apr

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutillaNT

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Jul–Apr

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pink-footed Goose

Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Mar

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eleonora's Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Falco eleonoraeLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Jul–Oct

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bonaparte's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphiaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Jan–Apr

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black Swan

Black Swan

Cygnus atratusLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greater White-fronted Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifronsLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodiasLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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