List of birds of Azibo Reservoir Protected Landscape
# List of birds of Azibo Reservoir Protected Landscape

This is a list of some of the bird species recorded at the Azibo Reservoir Protected Landscape in Portugal. Birds are listed by their biological order.

Azibo Reservoir Protected Landscape plays an important role in the region because of its location and ecological characteristics. It is a residential and breeding habitat for many bird species, and is also a temporary habitat for migratory species in transit.

## Podiciformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Great crested grebe | Podiceps cristatus | A resident breeder |
| Little grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | A resident breeder |
| Black-necked grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | A rare resident breeder |

## Pelecaniformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Great cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | A winter visitor |

## Ciconiiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Grey heron | Ardea cinerea | A common vagrant |
| Little egret | Egretta garzetta | A common vagrant |
| Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | A common vagrant |
| Little bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | A rare vagrant |
| Purple heron | Ardea purpurea | A rare vagrant |
| White stork | Ciconia ciconia | A resident breeder |
| Black stork | Ciconia nigra | A rare visitor |
| Eurasian spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | A passage migrant |

## Anseriformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | A resident breeder and winter visitor |
| Common pochard | Aythya ferina | A common visitor |
| Wigeon | Anas penelope | A rare vagrant |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | A rare vagrant |
| Eurasian teal | Anas crecca | A common visitor |
| Northern shoveler | Anas clypeata | A rare visitor |

## Accipitriformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Black kite | Milvus migrans | A migrant breeder |
| Red kite | Milvus milvus | A common visitor |
| Montagu's harrier | Circus pygargus | A migrant breeder |
| Hen harrier | Circus cyaneus | A common visitor |
| Northern goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | A resident breeding species |
| Eurasian sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | A resident breeding species |
| Common buzzard | Buteo buteo | A resident breeding species |
| Golden eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | A rare vagrant |
| Booted eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | A summer visitor |
| Short-toed eagle | Circaetus gallicus | A summer visitor |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | A rare vagrant |
| Common kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | A common vagrant |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | A winter visitor |
| Eurasian hobby | Falco subbuteo | A migrant breeder |
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus | A rare vagrant |
| Griffon vulture | Gyps fulvus | A summer common visitor |
| Egyptian vulture | Neophron percnopterus | A summer common visitor |

## Galliformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Red-legged partridge | Alectoris rufa | A resident breeder |
| Common quail | Coturnix coturnix | A resident breeder |

## Gruiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | A resident breeder |
| Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | A resident breeder |
| Water rail | Rallus aquaticus | A resident breeder |

## Charadriiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Eurasian oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | A passage migrant |
| Pied avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | A passage migrant |
| Black-winged stilt | Himantopus himantopus | A passage migrant |
| Little ringed plover | Charadrius dubius | A common vagrant |
| Ringed plover | Charadrius hiaticula | A common vagrant |
| European golden plover | Pluvialis apricaria | A rare vagrant |
| Northern lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | A rare vagrant |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | A common vagrant and passage migrant |
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago | A common vagrant and passage migrant |
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia | A common vagrant |
| Redshank | Tringa totanus | A common vagrant |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | A rare vagrant |
| Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa | A passage migrant |
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | A passage migrant |
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | A resident breeder |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | A rare vagrant |
| Black tern | Chlidonias niger | A common vagrant |
| Black-headed gull | Larus ridibundus | A common vagrant |

## Columbiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Rock dove | Columba livia | A resident breeder |
| Stock dove | Columba oenas | A resident breeder |
| Common wood pigeon | Columba palumbus | A resident breeder |
| Collared dove | Streptopelia decaocto | A resident breeder |
| European turtle dove | Streptopelia turtur | A migrant breeder |

## Cuculiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Common cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | A migrant breeder |
| Great spotted cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | A rare migrant breeder |

## Strigiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Little owl | Athene noctua | A resident breeder |
| Barn owl | Tyto alba | A resident breeder |
| Tawny owl | Strix aluco | A resident breeder |
| Long-eared owl | Asio otus | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian scops owl | Otus scops | A migrant breeder |
| Eurasian eagle-owl | Bubo bubo | A rare resident breeder |

## Caprimilgiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| European nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | A migrant breeder |

## Apodiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Common swift | Apus apus | A migrant breeder |

## Coraciiformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Common kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | A resident breeder |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | A migrant breeder |
| European bee-eater | Merops apiaster | A migrant breeder |
| European roller | Coracias garrulus | A rare vagrant |

## Piciformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | A migrant breeder |
| European green woodpecker | Picus viridis | A rare resident breeder |
| Great spotted woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | A resident breeder |
| Lesser spotted woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | A resident breeder |

## Passeriformes

| Common name | Binomial | Status |
| - | - | - |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | A resident breeder |
| Calandra lark | Melanocorypha calandra | A resident breeder |
| Greater short-toed lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | A migrant breeder |
| Crested lark | Galerida cristata | A resident breeder |
| Thekla lark | Galerida theklae | A resident breeder |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian crag martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | A resident breeder |
| Sand martin | Riparia riparia | A migrant breeder |
| Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica | A migrant breeder |
| Red-rumped swallow | Hirundo daurica | A migrant breeder |
| Common house martin | Delichon urbica | A migrant breeder |
| Tawny pipit | Anthus campestris | A migrant breeder |
| Tree pipit | Anthus trivialis | A passage migrant |
| Meadow pipit | Anthus pratensis | A winter visitor |
| Water pipit | Anthus spinoletta | A migrant breeder |
| White wagtail | Motacilla alba | A resident breeder |
| Yellow wagtail | Motacilla flava | A migrant breeder |
| Grey wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | A resident breeder |
| White-throated dipper | Cinclus cinclus | A resident breeder |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | A resident breeder |
| European robin | Erithacus rubecula | A resident breeder |
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | A migrant breeder |
| Black redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | A resident breeder |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | A passage migrant |
| African stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | A resident breeder |
| Blue rock thrush | Monticola solitarius | A rare resident breeder |
| Northern wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | A migrant breeder |
| Common blackbird | Turdus merula | A resident breeder |
| Song thrush | Turdus philomelos | A winter visitor |
| Mistle thrush | Turdus viscivorus | A resident breeder |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | A resident breeder |
| Sardinian warbler | Sylvia melanocephala | A resident breeder |
| Common firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | A resident breeder |
| Pied flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | A migrant breeder |
| Great tit | Parus major | A resident breeder |
| Blue tit | Haliaeetus albicilla | A resident breeder |
| Crested tit | Lophophanes cristatus | A resident breeder |
| Long-tailed tit | Aegithalos caudatus | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian nuthatch | Sitta europaea | A resident breeder |
| Short-toed treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | A resident breeder |
| Woodchat shrike | Lanius senator | A migrant breeder |
| Great grey shrike | Lanius excubitor | A resident breeder |
| Red-backed shrike | Lanius collurio | A migrant breeder |
| Eurasian jay | Garrulus glandarius | A resident breeder |
| Red-billed chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | A rare resident breeder |
| Hooded crow | Corvus corone cornix | A winter visitor |
| Common raven | Corvus corax | A resident breeder |
| Common starling | Sturnus vulgaris | A winter visitor |
| Spotless starling | Sturnus unicolor | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian golden oriole | Oriolus oriolus | A migrant breeder |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus | A resident breeder |
| Spanish sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian tree sparrow | Passer montanus | A resident breeder |
| Rock sparrow | Petronia petronia | A resident breeder |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | A resident breeder |
| Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | A resident breeder |
| European goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | A resident breeder |
| European greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian siskin | Carduelis spinus | A winter visitor |
| European serin | Serinus serinus | A resident breeder |
| Eurasian bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | A rare vagrant |
| Cirl bunting | Emberiza cirlus | A resident breeder |
| Corn bunting | Miliaria calandra | A resident breeder |
| Rock bunting | Emberiza cia | A resident breeder |
