Bird AlbumSpain · Extremadura
Embalse de Portaje
218 species and 35,195 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 132 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
White WagtailMotacilla alba
GadwallMareca strepera
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna de Galisteo24 km205 species
- Monfragüe PN – Peña Falcón/Salto del Gitano41 km158 species
- Monfragüe PN45 km185 species
- Monfragüe PN – Portilla del Tiétar49 km164 species
- Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 272 km196 species
- Aeródromo de Castelo Branco78 km160 species
All 218 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse de Portaje?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 132 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse de Portaje?
218 species, from 35,195 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse de Portaje in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Lapwing, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Coot and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.