Portugal · Beja
Lagoa dos Patos
212 species and 25,662 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February and May, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Herdade da Mitra – LabOr41 km132 species
- ZPE Castro Verde – Vale Gonçalinho47 km150 species
- ZPE Castro Verde – Horta da Nora51 km167 species
- ZPE Castro Verde – área geral52 km200 species
- PN Vale do Guadiana – Mértola68 km177 species
- RN Estuário do Sado – Zambujal74 km210 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Great Tit Parus major
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lagoa dos Patos?
December–February and May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lagoa dos Patos?
212 species, from 25,662 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lagoa dos Patos in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Northern Shoveler, Northern Lapwing, White Wagtail and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.