Category Archives: Portugal

Crested Larks from Iberia, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cabo Vidio, Asturias, northern Spain
Date: 23 August 2018.





Place: Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 8 September 2018.




Place: Lagoas de Santo Andre, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.






[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist J. Veeken)

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Ostriches

Struthioniformes

Place: M1109 north of Porto Covo, south-western coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

















[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ostrich]

The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Cockatiel

Psittaciformes

Place: Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.





[Nymphicus hollandicus, Family Cacatuidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cockatiel]

The sound of the cockatiel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Distribution and sightings of the cockatiel across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the cockatiel across the British Isles

Juvenile Rock Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Castro Laboreiro castle, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.




[Emberiza cia, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock bunting]

The sound of the rock bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist João Tomás)

Griffon Vultures

Accipitriformes

Place: Road between Pitões das Junias and Covelães, northern Portugal
Date: 29 August 2018.










[Gyps fulvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Griffon vulture]

The sound of the griffon vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Iberian Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Aljezur, south-west Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.






[Phylloscopus ibericus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Iberian chiffchaff]

The sound of the Iberian chiffchaff (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

Distribution of the Iberian chiffchaff across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Spotless Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Idanha-a-Nova, mid-east Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.







Place: Aljezur, south-west tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.









Place: Castro Verde, inland southern Portugal
Date: 13 September 2018.




Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.



[Sturnus unicolor, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotless starling]

The sound of the spotless starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nelson Conceição)

Thekla’s Lark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Amoreira Beach, near south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.







Place: Ruinas Romanas de Sao Cucufate, south-central Portugal
Date: 14 September 2018.





[Galerida theklae, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Thekla’s lark]

The sound of Thekla’s lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paulo Alves)

Little Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-western coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.









[Athene noctua, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little owl]

The sound of the little owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

Distribution and sightings of the little owl across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Red-rumped Swallow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Vila Nova de Milfontes, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.








Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.



[Cecropis daurica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-rumped swallow]

The sound of the red-rumped swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alexandre Moreira)

Distribution of the red-rumped swallow across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).