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Porto Santo
This checklist includes all bird species found in Porto Santo , 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: Porto Santo [map]
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2015-06-13
Last modified: 2023-04-10
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| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | Introduced species |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | |
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| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | Introduced species |
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| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | |
| Madeira Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | 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 Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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| 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 | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| 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 |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Berthelot's Pipit | Anthus berthelotii | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Atlantic Canary | Serinus canaria | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
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