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Bird checklist, Bird lists, Photos, video, sound recordings & data. |
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Number of species: 188 |
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Number of endemics: 4 |
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Number of breeding endemics: 1 |
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Number of globally threatened species: 4 |
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Number of introduced species: 3 |
Numididae |
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Helmeted Guineafowl |
Numida
meleagris |
Fraca da
Guiné |
Introduced
species |
Phasianidae |
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Common Quail |
Coturnix
coturnix |
Codorniz |
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Anatidae |
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White-faced Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
Irere |
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna bicolor |
Marreca-peba |
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Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
Arrabio |
Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Teal |
Anas
crecca |
Marrequinha-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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Marbled Teal |
Marmaronetta angustirostris |
Pardilheira |
Vulnerable |
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Common Pochard |
Aythya
ferina |
Zarro-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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Ferruginous Pochard |
Aythya
nyroca |
Zarro-castanho |
Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Tufted Duck |
Aythya
fuligula |
Zarro-negrinha |
Rare/Accidental |
Procellariidae |
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Cape Verde Petrel |
Pterodroma
feae |
Freira do
Bugio |
Breeding
endemic Near-threatened |
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Cory's Shearwater |
Calonectris diomedea |
Cagarra |
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Manx Shearwater |
Puffinus
puffinus |
Pardela-sombria |
Rare/Accidental |
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Balearic Shearwater |
Puffinus
mauretanicus |
Pardela do
Mediterrâneo |
Critically
endangered |
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Audubon's Shearwater |
Puffinus
lherminieri |
Pardela-de-asa-larga |
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Little Shearwater |
Puffinus
assimilis |
Pardela-pequena |
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Sooty Shearwater |
Puffinus
griseus |
Pardela-preta |
Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Great Shearwater |
Puffinus
gravis |
Pardela-de-bico-preto |
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Bulwer's Petrel |
Bulweria
bulwerii |
Alma-negra |
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Hydrobatidae |
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
Oceanites
oceanicus |
Painho de
Wilson |
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White-faced Storm-Petrel |
Pelagodroma marina |
Painho-de-ventre-branco |
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White-bellied Storm Petrel |
Fregetta
grallaria |
Painho-de-barriga-branca |
Rare/Accidental |
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European Storm-Petrel |
Hydrobates
pelagicus |
Paínho-de-cauda-quadrada |
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Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma castro |
Painho-da-ilha-da-madeira |
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Leach's Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
Painho-de-cauda-forcada |
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Podicipedidae |
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Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Mergulhão-pequeno |
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Phoenicopteridae |
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Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus ruber |
Flamingo-comum |
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Threskiornithidae |
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Waldrapp |
Geronticus
eremita |
Íbis-calva |
Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis
falcinellus |
Íbis-preta |
Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea
leucorodia |
Colhereiro |
Rare/Accidental |
Ardeidae |
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Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus
minutus |
Garça-pequena |
Rare/Accidental |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax
nycticorax |
Socó-taquari |
Rare/Accidental |
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Squacco Heron |
Ardeola
ralloides |
Papa-ratos |
Rare/Accidental |
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Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus
ibis |
Garca-vaqueira |
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Grey Heron |
Ardea
cinerea |
Garça-real |
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Great Blue Heron |
Ardea
herodias |
Garça-azul-grande |
Rare/Accidental |
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Purple Heron |
Ardea
purpurea |
Garça-roxa |
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Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Garça-branca-grande |
Rare/Accidental |
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Intermediate Egret |
Egretta
intermedia |
Garça-branca-intermédia |
Rare/Accidental |
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Black Heron |
Egretta
ardesiaca |
Garça-preta |
Rare/Accidental |
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Snowy Egret |
Egretta
thula |
Garcinha-branca |
Rare/Accidental |
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Little Egret |
Egretta
garzetta |
Garça-branca-pequena |
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Western Reef-Heron |
Egretta
gularis |
Garça-dos-recifes |
Rare/Accidental |
Phaethontidae |
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Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon
aethereus |
Rabo de
palha |
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White-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon
lepturus |
Rabo-de-palha-de-bico-laranja |
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Fregatidae |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata
magnificens |
Fragata-comum |
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Sulidae |
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Northern Gannet |
Morus
bassanus |
Ganso-patola |
Rare/Accidental |
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Masked Booby |
Sula
dactylatra |
Atobá-grande |
Extirpated |
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Red-footed Booby |
Sula sula |
Atobá-de-pé-vermelho |
Rare/Accidental |
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Brown Booby |
Sula
leucogaster |
Alcatraz |
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Phalacrocoracidae |
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Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Corvo-marinho-de-faces-brancas |
Extirpated |
Falconidae |
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Eurasian Kestrel |
Falco
tinnunculus |
Peneireiro-vulgar |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco
peregrinus |
Falcão-peregrino |
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Accipitridae |
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Osprey |
Pandion
haliaetus |
Águia-pesqueira |
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Red Kite |
Milvus
milvus |
Milhafre-real |
Near-threatened |
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Black Kite |
Milvus
migrans |
Milhafre-preto |
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Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron
percnopterus |
Abutre do
Egipto |
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Western Marsh-Harrier |
Circus
aeruginosus |
Tartaranhão-ruivo-dos-pauis |
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Montagu's Harrier |
Circus
pygargus |
Tartaranhão-caçador |
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Eurasian Buzzard |
Buteo
buteo |
Águia-d'asa-redonda |
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Long-legged Buzzard |
Buteo
rufinus |
Búteo-mouro |
Rare/Accidental |
Rallidae |
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Little Crake |
Porzana
parva |
Franga-d'água-bastarda |
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Common Moorhen |
Gallinula
chloropus |
Galinha-d'água |
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Haematopodidae |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher |
Haematopus
ostralegus |
Ostraceiro |
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Recurvirostridae |
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Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus
himantopus |
pernilongo-de-costas-negras |
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Pied Avocet |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
Alfaiate |
Rare/Accidental |
Charadriidae |
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Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus
vanellus |
Abibe-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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European Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis
apricaria |
Tarambola-dourada |
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Pacific Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis
fulva |
Batuirucu |
Rare/Accidental |
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American Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis
dominica |
Tarambola-dourada-pequena |
Rare/Accidental |
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Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvialis
squatarola |
Tarambola-cinzenta |
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Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius
hiaticula |
Borrelho-grande-de-coleira |
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Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius
semipalmatus |
Borrelho-semipalmado |
Rare/Accidental |
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Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius
dubius |
Borrelho-pequeno-de-coleira |
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White-fronted Plover |
Charadrius
marginatus |
Borrelho de
testa branca |
Rare/Accidental |
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Snowy Plover |
Charadrius
alexandrinus |
Borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida |
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Scolopacidae |
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Eurasian Woodcock |
Scolopax
rusticola |
Galinhola |
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Jack Snipe |
Lymnocryptes minimus |
Narceja-galega |
Rare/Accidental |
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Great Snipe |
Gallinago
media |
Narceja-real |
Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Common Snipe |
Gallinago
gallinago |
Narceja-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa
limosa |
Maçarico-de-bico-direito |
Near-threatened |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa
lapponica |
Fuselo |
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Whimbrel |
Numenius
phaeopus |
Maçarico-galego |
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Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius
arquata |
Maçarico-real |
Rare/Accidental |
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Spotted Redshank |
Tringa
erythropus |
Perna-vermelha-escuro |
Rare/Accidental |
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Common Redshank |
Tringa
totanus |
Perna-vermelha-comum |
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Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa
stagnatilis |
Perna-verde-fino |
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Common Greenshank |
Tringa
nebularia |
Perna-verde-comum |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa
melanoleuca |
Perna-amarela-grande |
Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa
flavipes |
Perna-amarela-pequeno |
Rare/Accidental |
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Green Sandpiper |
Tringa
ochropus |
Pássaro-bique-bique |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa
solitaria |
Maçarico-solitário |
Rare/Accidental |
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Sandpiper |
Tringa
glareola |
Maçarico-bastardo |
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Common Redshank |
Actitis
hypoleucos |
Maçarico-das-rochas |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria
interpres |
Rola-do-mar |
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Red Knot |
Calidris
canutus |
Seixoeira |
Rare/Accidental |
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Sanderling |
Calidris
alba |
Pilrito-sanderlingo |
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Little Stint |
Calidris
minuta |
Pilrito-pequeno |
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Temminck's Stint |
Calidris
temminckii |
Pilrito de
Temminck |
Rare/Accidental |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris
melanotos |
Pilrito-peitoral |
Rare/Accidental |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris
ferruginea |
Pilrito-de-bico-comprido |
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Purple Sandpiper |
Calidris
maritima |
Pilrito-escuro |
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Dunlin |
Calidris
alpina |
Pilrito-comum |
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Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
Combatente |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus
lobatus |
Falaropo-de-bico-fino |
Rare/Accidental |
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Red Phalarope |
Phalaropus
fulicarius |
Falaropo-de-bico-grosso |
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Glareolidae |
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Cream-colored Courser |
Cursorius
cursor |
Corredor |
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Collared Pratincole |
Glareola
pratincola |
Perdiz-do-mar |
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Laridae |
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Yellow-legged Gull |
Larus
cachinnans |
Gaivota-de-patas-amarelas |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus
fuscus |
Gaivota-d'asa-escura |
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Black-headed Gull |
Larus
ridibundus |
Guincho-comum |
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Slender-billed Gull |
Larus
genei |
Gaivota-de-bico-fino |
Rare/Accidental |
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Sabine's Gull |
Xema
sabini |
Gaivota de
Sabine |
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Black-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa
tridactyla |
Gaivota-tridáctila |
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Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna
nilotica |
Gaivina-de-bico-preto |
Rare/Accidental |
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Caspian Tern |
Sterna
caspia |
Gaivina-de-bico-vermelho |
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Sandwich Tern |
Sterna
sandvicensis |
Garajau-comum |
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Royal Tern |
Sterna
maxima |
Garajau-real |
Rare/Accidental |
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Roseate Tern |
Sterna
dougallii |
Andorinha-do-mar-rósea |
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Common Tern |
Sterna
hirundo |
Andorinha-do-mar-comum |
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Arctic Tern |
Sterna
paradisaea |
Andorinha-do-mar-árctica |
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Little Tern |
Sterna
albifrons |
Andorinha-do-mar-anã |
Rare/Accidental |
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Sooty Tern |
Sterna
fuscata |
Andorinha-do-mar-escura |
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Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias
hybrida |
Gaivina-de-faces-brancas |
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Stercorariidae |
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Great Skua |
Stercorarius skua |
Moleiro-grande |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Moleiro-pomarino |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Moleiro-parasítico |
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Long-tailed Jaeger |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
Moleiro-de-cauda-comprida |
Rare/Accidental |
Alcidae |
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Guillemot/Common Murre |
Uria aalge |
Arau-comum |
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Columbidae |
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Rock Pigeon |
Columba
livia |
Pombo-doméstico |
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European Turtle-Dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
Rola-comum |
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Red-eyed Dove |
Streptopelia semitorquata |
Rola de
olhos vermelhos |
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Psittacidae |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet |
Psittacula
krameri |
Periquito-de-colar |
Rare/Accidental |
Cuculidae |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo |
Clamator
glandarius |
Cuco-rabilongo |
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Common Cuckoo |
Cuculus
canorus |
Cuco-canoro |
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Tytonidae |
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Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
Coruja-das-torres |
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Strigidae |
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio
flammeus |
Coruja-do-nabal |
Rare/Accidental |
Apodidae |
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Alpine Swift |
Tachymarptis melba |
Andorinhão-real |
Rare/Accidental |
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Alexander's Swift |
Apus
alexandri |
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Endemic |
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Common Swift |
Apus apus |
Andorinhão-preto |
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Plain Swift |
Apus
unicolor |
Andorinhão-da-serra |
Rare/Accidental |
Coraciidae |
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European Roller |
Coracias
garrulus |
Rolieiro-comum |
Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Broad-billed Roller |
Eurystomus
glaucurus |
Rolieiro-de-bico-amarelo |
Rare/Accidental |
Alcedinidae |
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Grey-headed Kingfisher |
Halcyon
leucocephala |
Guarda-rios-de-cabeca-cinzenta |
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Meropidae |
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
Merops
persicus |
Abelharuco-de-garganta-vermelha |
Rare/Accidental |
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European Bee-eater |
Merops
apiaster |
Abelharuco-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
Upupidae |
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Eurasian Hoopoe |
Upupa
epops |
Poupa |
Rare/Accidental |
Corvidae |
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Brown-necked Raven |
Corvus
ruficollis |
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Hirundinidae |
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Plain Martin |
Riparia
paludicola |
Andorinha-das-barreiras-africana |
Rare/Accidental |
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Bank Swallow |
Riparia
riparia |
Andorinha-das-barreiras |
Rare/Accidental |
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Barn Swallow |
Hirundo
rustica |
Andorinha-das-chaminés |
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House-Martin |
Delichon
urbicum |
Andorinho-dos-beirais |
Rare/Accidental |
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Red-rumped Swallow |
Cecropis
daurica |
Andorinha-dáurica |
Rare/Accidental |
Alaudidae |
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Greater Hoopoe-Lark |
Alaemon
alaudipes |
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Bar-tailed Lark |
Ammomanes
cinctura |
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Raso Island Lark |
Alauda
razae |
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Endemic
Critically endangered |
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Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark |
Eremopterix nigriceps |
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Sylviidae |
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Grasshopper Warbler |
Locustella
naevia |
Felosa-malhada |
Rare/Accidental |
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Cape Verde Swamp Warbler |
Acrocephalus brevipennis |
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Endemic
Endangered |
| Booted Warbler |
Iduna
caligata |
Felosa-cítica |
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Olivaceous Warbler |
Iduna
pallida |
Felosa-pálida |
Rare/Accidental |
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Willow Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochilus |
Felosa-musical |
Rare/Accidental |
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Common Chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus collybita |
Felosa-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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Blackcap |
Sylvia
atricapilla |
Toutinegra-de-barrette-preto |
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Desert Warbler |
Sylvia
nana |
Toutinegra
do Sara |
Rare/Accidental |
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Greater Whitethroat |
Sylvia
communis |
Papa-amoras-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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Spectacled Warbler |
Sylvia
conspicillata |
Toutinegra-tomilheira |
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Subalpine Warbler |
Sylvia
cantillans |
Toutinegra-carrasqueira |
Rare/Accidental |
Sturnidae |
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European Starling |
Sturnus
vulgaris |
Estorinho-malhado |
Rare/Accidental |
Turdidae |
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Song Thrush |
Turdus
philomelos |
Tordo-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
Muscicapidae |
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Common Nightingale |
Luscinia
megarhynchos |
Rouxinol-comum |
Rare/Accidental |
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Common Redstart |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
Rabirruivo-de-testa-branca |
Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Wheatear |
Oenanthe
oenanthe |
Chasco-cinzento |
Rare/Accidental |
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Spotted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa
striata |
Papa-moscas-cinzento |
Rare/Accidental |
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European Pied Flycatcher |
Ficedula
hypoleuca |
Papa-moscas-preto |
Rare/Accidental |
Passeridae |
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House Sparrow |
Passer
domesticus |
Pardal |
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Spanish Sparrow |
Passer
hispaniolensis |
Pardal-espanhol |
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Cape Verde Sparrow |
Passer
iagoensis |
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Endemic |
Ploceidae |
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Village Weaver |
Ploceus
cucullatus |
Tecelão-malhado |
Rare/Accidental |
Estrildidae |
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Red-billed Firefinch |
Lagonosticta senegala |
Granadeiro
de bico vermelho |
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Red-cheeked Cordonbleu |
Uraeginthus bengalus |
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Rare/Accidental |
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Common Waxbill |
Estrilda
astrild |
Bico-de-lacre |
Introduced
species |
Motacillidae |
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Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla
flava |
Alvéola-amarela |
Rare/Accidental |
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White Wagtail |
Motacilla
alba |
Alvéola-branca |
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Tawny Pipit |
Anthus
campestris |
Petinha-dos-campos |
Rare/Accidental |
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Tree Pipit |
Anthus
trivialis |
Petinha-das-árvores |
Rare/Accidental |
Fringillidae |
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European Goldfinch |
Carduelis
carduelis |
Pintassilgo |
Introduced
species |
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Trumpeter Finch |
Bucanetes
githagineus |
Pintarroxo-trombeteiro |
Rare/Accidental |
