Bird AlbumPortugal · Faro
Lagoa dos Salgados
265 species and 126,913 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–October, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque Ambiental de Vilamoura17 km228 species
- Ria de Alvor – Abicada24 km195 species
- Quinta d'A Rocha25 km204 species
- Ria de Alvor – área geral26 km253 species
- PN Ria Formosa – Quinta do Lago – área geral29 km244 species
- PN Ria Formosa – Quinta do Ludo – Área Geral31 km196 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Razorbill Alca torda
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Murre Uria aalge
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lagoa dos Salgados?
April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lagoa dos Salgados?
265 species, from 126,913 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lagoa dos Salgados in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Grey Heron, Eurasian Coot, Great Cormorant and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.