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PN Litoral Norte – Estuário do Cávado – área geral
237 species and 39,654 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Estuário do Ave21 km174 species
- Pateiras do Ave24 km147 species
- Sapal do Coura40 km154 species
- Parque da Cidade do Porto41 km159 species
- RNL Estuário do Douro – área geral44 km215 species
- Barrinha de Esmoriz63 km259 species
All 237 species recorded here
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Tit Parus major
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Litoral Norte – Estuário do Cávado – área geral?
September–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Litoral Norte – Estuário do Cávado – área geral?
237 species, from 39,654 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Litoral Norte – Estuário do Cávado – área geral in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Yellow-legged Gull, Mallard, Black-headed Gull and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.