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PN Ria Formosa – Salgados do Fialho
201 species and 24,854 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope103 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 201 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Ria Formosa – Salinas de Olhão4 km172 species
- PN Ria Formosa – Quinta de Marim7 km222 species
- PN Ria Formosa – Quinta do Ludo – Área Geral9 km196 species
- PN Ria Formosa – Quinta do Lago – área geral10 km244 species
- Parque Ambiental de Vilamoura23 km228 species
- PN Ria Formosa – Salinas do Forte do Rato27 km189 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Ria Formosa – Salgados do Fialho?
September–November. 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 Ria Formosa – Salgados do Fialho?
201 species, from 24,854 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Ria Formosa – Salgados do Fialho in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Stilt, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Northern Shoveler and Gadwall.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.