Portugal · Castelo Branco
Albufeira de Santa Águeda
198 species and 38,777 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and August–September, with up to 117 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
White WagtailMotacilla alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
European RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aeródromo de Castelo Branco15 km160 species
- Foz da ribeira do Vale Vaqueiro73 km175 species
All 198 species recorded here
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Albufeira de Santa Águeda?
March–April and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 117 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Albufeira de Santa Águeda?
198 species, from 38,777 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Albufeira de Santa Águeda in November?
The most recorded in November: Spotless Starling, White Wagtail, Mallard, Carrion Crow and Common Blackbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.