Portugal · Santarém
RN Estuário do Tejo – salinas de Vasa Sacos
213 species and 23,594 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–September and December, with up to 121 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- RN Estuário do Tejo – EVOA – área geral3 km208 species
- RN Estuário do Tejo – Monte de Pancas3 km210 species
- Lezíria Grande de Vila Franca de Xira – área geral7 km263 species
- RN Estuário do Tejo – Sítio das Hortas8 km204 species
- Ribeira das Enguias9 km209 species
- Salinas do Brito10 km156 species
All 213 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at RN Estuário do Tejo – salinas de Vasa Sacos?
July–September and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 121 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at RN Estuário do Tejo – salinas de Vasa Sacos?
213 species, from 23,594 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at RN Estuário do Tejo – salinas de Vasa Sacos in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Flamingo, Little Egret, Western Marsh Harrier, Common Redshank and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.