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Funchal
This checklist includes all bird species found in Funchal , 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: Funchal [map]
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2015-06-13
Last modified: 2023-05-21
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| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | Introduced species |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Extirpated |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| Madeira Laurel Pigeon | Columba trocaz | Endemic (country/region) |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Plain Swift | Apus unicolor | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
| Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | |
| Madeira Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Rare/Accidental |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| 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 | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Cape Verde Sparrow | Passer iagoensis | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Berthelot's Pipit | Anthus berthelotii | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| Atlantic Canary | Serinus canaria | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
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| Madeira Firecrest | Regulus madeirensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
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