This checklist includes all bird species found in São Roque do Pico , 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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Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Introduced species |
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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 Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
American Coot | Fulica americana | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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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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American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
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 | |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
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Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Introduced species |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
Atlantic Canary | Serinus canaria | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris |
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