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Calheta
This checklist includes all bird species found in Calheta , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Calheta [map]
Other names: Calheta de São Jorge, Calheta de Sao Jorge
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2015-06-13
Last modified: 2023-04-10
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| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Monteiro's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monteiroi | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
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| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| Atlantic Canary | Serinus canaria | |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
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| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
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