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Portugal

5 bird species live nowhere else on Earth but Portugal.

Endemic species: 5
Bird species: 100
Destinations: 0
Field guides: 5

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Endemic birds of Portugal

Azores Bullfinch

Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Endemic to Portugal

Azores Chaffinch

Azores Chaffinch Fringilla moreletti Endemic to Portugal

Madeira Chaffinch

Madeira Chaffinch Fringilla maderensis Endemic to Portugal

Madeira Firecrest

Madeira Firecrest Regulus madeirensis Endemic to Portugal

Monteiro’s Storm Petrel

Monteiro’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates monteiroi Endemic to Portugal

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Birds you are likely to see in Portugal

Eurasian Blue Tit

Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Redshank

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki

Red-legged Partridge

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Great Cormorant

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

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Field guides for Portugal

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe Rob Hume, 2010 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Beginners

Collins Bird Guide

Collins Bird Guide Lars Svensson et al., 2000 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more All levels

Birds of Portugal Gonçalo Elias, 2017 Portugal All levels

Birds of Portugal – Lagos and the Surrounding Areas Paul Gerace, 2023 Portugal All levels

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic Nils Van Duivendijk, 2011 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Experts and researchers