Spain · Extremadura
Laguna de Galisteo
205 species and 43,652 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Embalse de Portaje24 km218 species
- Monfragüe PN – Peña Falcón/Salto del Gitano27 km158 species
- Monfragüe PN30 km185 species
- Monfragüe PN – Portilla del Tiétar32 km164 species
- Embalse de Arrocampo – Observatorio 254 km196 species
All 205 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Great Tit Parus major
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna de Galisteo?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna de Galisteo?
205 species, from 43,652 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna de Galisteo in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Lapwing, Common Snipe, Western Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper and Eurasian Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.