Birds of Portugal
678 bird species have been recorded in Portugal on the eBird network — explore the 678 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
678 bird species have been recorded in Portugal on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 678 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Allen’s GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
American CootFulica americana
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American WigeonMareca americana
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Audouin’s GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Australian RingneckBarnardius zonarius
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
Azores BullfinchPyrrhula murina
Baillon’s CrakeZapornia pusilla
Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
The full checklist — 678 birds of Portugal in our library
- African Collared Dove
- African Crake
- African Sacred Ibis
- African Wattled Lapwing
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Alpine Accentor
- Alpine Swift
- American Bittern
- American Black Duck
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Coot
- American Golden Plover
- American Goshawk
- American Herring Gull
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Wigeon
- American Yellow Warbler
- Aquatic Warbler
- Arctic Tern
- Arctic Warbler
- Atlantic Canary
- Atlantic Puffin
- Audouin’s Gull
- Australian Ringneck
- Australian Shelduck
- Azores Bullfinch
- Azores Chaffinch
- Baillon’s Crake
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Balearic Shearwater
- Baltimore Oriole
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel
- Bar-headed Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Barnacle Goose
- Barolo Shearwater
- Barred Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Belted Kingfisher
- Berthelot’s Pipit
- Black Francolin
- Black Kite
- Black Redstart
- Black Stork
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- Black Wheatear
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Starling
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-capped Petrel
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-faced Bunting
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-headed Weaver
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Swan
- Black-rumped Waxbill
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Black-throated Loon
- Black-winged Kite
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Blue-billed Teal
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-crowned Parakeet
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bluethroat
- Blyth’s Pipit
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Bonelli’s Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Booted Warbler
- Brambling
- Brant Goose
- Brazilian Teal
- Bridled Tern
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Brown Booby
- Budgerigar
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead
- Bulwer’s Petrel
- Burrowing Parrot
- Cackling Goose
- Calandra Lark
- California Quail
- Canada Goose
- Canada Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Cape Verde Shearwater
- Carrion Crow
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Cedar Waxwing
- Cetti’s Warbler
- Chestnut Munia
- Chestnut Teal
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chiloe Wigeon
- Chimney Swift
- Cinereous Vulture
- Cinnamon Teal
- Cirl Bunting
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Cockatiel
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Blackbird
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Crane
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Eider
- Common Firecrest
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Greenshank
- Common Gull
- Common Hoopoe
- Common Kestrel
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Linnet
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Moorhen
- Common Murre
- Common Myna
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Nightingale
- Common Ostrich
- Common Pheasant
- Common Pochard
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed Bunting
- Common Reed Warbler
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Rock Thrush
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Common Waxbill
- Common Whitethroat
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Common Yellowthroat
- Connecticut Warbler
- Corn Bunting
- Corn Crake
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Coscoroba Swan
- Cream-colored Courser
- Crested Lark
- Crested Myna
- Crested Tit
- Crimson Rosella
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dalmatian Pelican
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dartford Warbler
- Demoiselle Crane
- Desert Wheatear
- Desertas Petrel
- Diamond Dove
- Dickcissel
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Dusky Thrush
- Dusky Warbler
- Eastern Rosella
- Eastern Wood Pewee
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Elegant Tern
- Eleonora’s Falcon
- Emu
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Chaffinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Crag Martin
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Penduline Tit
- Eurasian Scops Owl
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Eurasian Wren
- Eurasian Wryneck
- European Bee-eater
- European Golden Plover
- European Goldfinch
- European Greenfinch
- European Herring Gull
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Nightjar
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- European Robin
- European Rock Pipit
- European Roller
- European Serin
- European Shag
- European Stonechat
- European Storm Petrel
- European Turtle Dove
- Falcated Duck
- Ferruginous Duck
- Fieldfare
- Fischer’s Lovebird
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Forster’s Tern
- Franklin’s Gull
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Gadwall
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Glaucous Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Golden Eagle
- Golden Pheasant
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Bustard
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Grey Shrike
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Great Skua
- Great Snipe
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Pelican
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Rhea
- Greater Sand Plover
- Greater Scaup
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Heron
- Green Peafowl
- Green Sandpiper
- Green-cheeked Parakeet
- Grey Catbird
- Grey Heron
- Grey Parrot
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Wagtail
- Grey-cheeked Thrush
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Greylag Goose
- Griffon Vulture
- Gull-billed Tern
- Harris’s Hawk
- Hawfinch
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hen Harrier
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Crow
- Hooded Merganser
- Hooded Warbler
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Hume’s Leaf Warbler
- Iberian Chiffchaff
- Iberian Green Woodpecker
- Iberian Grey Shrike
- Iberian Magpie
- Iceland Gull
- Indian Peafowl
- Indigo Bunting
- Isabelline Shrike
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Ivory Gull
- Jack Snipe
- Jandaya Parakeet
- Japanese Quail
- Kelp Gull
- Kentish Plover
- Killdeer
- King Eider
- Lanner Falcon
- Lapland Longspur
- Laughing Dove
- Laughing Gull
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Least Bittern
- Least Sandpiper
- Least Tern
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Little Auk
- Little Bittern
- Little Blue Heron
- Little Bunting
- Little Bustard
- Little Crake
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Gull
- Little Owl
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Little Tern
- Livingstone’s Turaco
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-legged Buzzard
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-tailed Tit
- Madeira Chaffinch
- Madeira Firecrest
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Maned Duck
- Manx Shearwater
- Marabou Stork
- Marbled Duck
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Warbler
- Masked Booby
- Meadow Pipit
- Mealy Amazon
- Mediterranean Gull
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
- Melodious Warbler
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Mitred Parakeet
- Monk Parakeet
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Monteiro’s Storm Petrel
- Mourning Dove
- Mourning Warbler
- Moustached Warbler
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Myrtle Warbler
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Fulmar
- Northern Gannet
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Parula
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Red Bishop
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Waterthrush
- Northern Wheatear
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
- Orange-winged Amazon
- Ortolan Bunting
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Paddyfield Warbler
- Pallas’s Gull
- Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
- Pallid Harrier
- Pallid Swift
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Crow
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-footed Goose
- Plain Swift
- Plum-headed Parakeet
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Heron
- Purple Martin
- Purple Sandpiper
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Razorbill
- Red Avadavat
- Red Crossbill
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red-and-green Macaw
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Parakeet
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-crowned Parakeet
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-footed Booby
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-headed Lovebird
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Nightjar
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Pipit
- Redhead
- Redpoll
- Redwing
- Regent Parrot
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring Ouzel
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ringed Teal
- Rock Bunting
- Rock Dove
- Rock Sparrow
- Rook
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Tern
- Rosy Starling
- Rosy-billed Pochard
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Royal Tern
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
- Rüppell’s Vulture
- Rustic Bunting
- Sabine’s Gull
- Saffron Finch
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Sardinian Warbler
- Savi’s Warbler
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Scaly-headed Parrot
- Scarlet Ibis
- Scarlet Macaw
- Scarlet Tanager
- Scopoli’s Shearwater
- Sedge Warbler
- Semipalmated Plover
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Senegal Parrot
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-billed Gull
- Short-eared Owl
- Short-toed Snake Eagle
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Siberian Stonechat
- Slender-billed Gull
- Smew
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Snowy Egret
- Snowy Owl
- Sociable Lapwing
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Thrush
- Sooty Shearwater
- Sooty Tern
- Sora
- South African Shelduck
- South Polar Skua
- Southern Masked Weaver
- Southern Red Bishop
- Spanish Imperial Eagle
- Spanish Sparrow
- Speckled Pigeon
- Spectacled Warbler
- Spotless Starling
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Eagle
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Stock Dove
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Summer Tanager
- Sun Parakeet
- Sunda Zebra Finch
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Swan Goose
- Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Tawny Owl
- Tawny Pipit
- Temminck’s Stint
- Tennessee Warbler
- Terek Sandpiper
- Thekla’s Lark
- Thick-billed Murre
- Tree Pipit
- Tree Swallow
- Tricolored Heron
- Trindade Petrel
- Trocaz Pigeon
- Trumpeter Finch
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Turkey Vulture
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Upland Goose
- Upland Sandpiper
- Veery
- Velvet Scoter
- Village Weaver
- Wallcreeper
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- West African Crested Tern
- Western Black-eared Wheatear
- Western Bonelli’s Warbler
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western House Martin
- Western Jackdaw
- Western Kingbird
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Western Olivaceous Warbler
- Western Orphean Warbler
- Western Reef Heron
- Western Sandpiper
- Western Subalpine Warbler
- Western Swamphen
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Whiskered Tern
- White Stork
- White Wagtail
- White-backed Vulture
- White-cheeked Pintail
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-faced Storm Petrel
- White-headed Duck
- White-rumped Munia
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-rumped Swift
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- White-throated Dipper
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Scoter
- White-winged Snowfinch
- White-winged Tern
- Whooper Swan
- Wild Turkey
- Willet
- Willow Warbler
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Storm Petrel
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Wood Duck
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wood Thrush
- Wood Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodlark
- Yelkouan Shearwater
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Yellow-collared Lovebird
- Yellow-crested Cockatoo
- Yellow-crowned Amazon
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Yellowhammer
- Zebra Dove
- Zino’s Petrel
- Zitting Cisticola
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Birds of Portugal by bird group
- Ducks, Geese & Swans of Portugal (75 species)
- Sandpipers & Allies of Portugal (51 species)
- Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of Portugal (42 species)
- Parrots, Cockatoos & Allies of Portugal (34 species)
- Hawks, Eagles & Kites of Portugal (30 species)
- New World Warblers of Portugal (26 species)
- Herons, Egrets & Bitterns of Portugal (19 species)
- Old World Flycatchers & Chats of Portugal (19 species)
- True Finches of Portugal (19 species)
Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in Portugal?
678 species have been recorded in Portugal on eBird; 678 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in Portugal right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.