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archipelago (Madeira, Porto Santo and Desertas). If you have any suitable
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Madeira.
Updated: 18 April 2012
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Species |
#Pics |
Status |
Added
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Geese & Ducks |
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Brent
Goose Branta b. bernicla |
2
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1 record |
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(Domestic)
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata |
2
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Present year round at a couple
of sites |
|
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Mandarin
Duck Aix galericulata |
4
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At least three records, of
unknown origion |
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Eurasian
Wigeon Anas penelope |
1
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|
Rare visitor |
|
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Gadwall
Anas strepera |
3
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At least 3 known records |
|
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Common
Teal Anas crecca |
1
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Scarce visitor, mainly in winter |
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Green-winged
Teal Anas carolinensis |
8
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1 record |
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Speckled
Teal Anas flavirostris |
2
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1 record, of unknown origion |
|
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos |
1
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Scarce, and some of unknown
origion |
|
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Northern
Shoveler Anas clypeata |
1
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Rare visitor |
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Partridges |
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Red-legged
Partridge Alectoris rufa |
2
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Resident breeder, but localized
(introduced) |
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Divers & Grebes |
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Great
Northern Diver Gavia immer |
2
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Rare visitor |
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Black-necked
Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
4
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Rare visitor |
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Seabirds |
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Fea's
Petrel Pterodroma feae |
17
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Breeds on Bugio (Desertas)
only |
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Zino's
Petrel Pterodroma madeira |
7
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Endemic to Madeira (about 80
pairs) |
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Fea's/Zino's
Petrel Pterodroma feae/madeira |
8
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As these are difficult to separate
in field |
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Bulwer's
Petrel Bulweria bulwerii |
10
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Migrant breeder, numerous on
Desertas |
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Great
Shearwater Puffinus gravis |
7
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Passage migrant, mainly in
late summer |
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Cory's
Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis |
14
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Migrant breeder |
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Manx
Shearwater Puffinus puffinus |
7
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Migrant and localized breeder |
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Little
Shearwater Puffinus assimilis baroli |
2
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Localized breeder, mainly on
Desertas |
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Black-bellied
Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica |
1
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1 record, 1st for WP |
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White-faced
Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina |
3
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Rare visitor (from the Selvagens
population) |
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Madeiran
Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro |
2
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Localized breeder, mainly on
Desertas |
|
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Brown
Booby Sula leucogaster |
3
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|
1 record |
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Herons, Storks and Spoonbills |
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Yellow-crowned
Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea |
1
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|
1 known record |
|
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Squacco
Heron Ardeola ralloides |
2
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Rare visitor |
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Cattle
Egret Bubulcus ibis |
5
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Scarce passage migrant |
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Little
Egret Egretta garzetta |
12
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|
Resident breeder, but scarce
and localized |
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Grey
Heron Ardea cinerea |
4
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Resident breeder, but scarce
and localized |
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White
Stork Ciconia ciconia |
1
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Rare visitor |
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Glossy
Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
4
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Rare visitor |
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Eurasian
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
5
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Rare visitor |
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Raptors |
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Black
Kite Milvus migrans |
1
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Rare passage migrant |
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Marsh
Harrier Circus aeruginosus |
2
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Occasional passage migrant |
|
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Montagu's
Harrier Circus pygargus |
5
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|
About 6 records |
|
|
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus granti |
2
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Resident breeder, but scarce
and localized |
|
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Buzzard
Buteo buteo harterti |
11
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|
Resident breeder |
|
|
Booted
Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
3
|
|
8 known records |
|
|
Peregrine
Falcon Falco peregrinus |
1
|
|
3 records up to date |
|
|
Merlin
Falco columbarius |
1
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|
1 known record |
|
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Hobby
Falco subbuteo |
2
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Rare passage migrant |
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Elenora's
Falcon Falco eleonorae |
5
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Three known records for the
main island |
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Red-footed
Falcon Falco vespertinus |
4
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Three known records (three
unconfirmed) |
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|
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus canariensis |
8
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|
Resident breeder, fairly common |
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Rails & Coots |
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Sora
Porzana carolina |
4
|
|
The first for Madeira! |
|
|
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus |
4
|
|
Scarce passage migrant + resident
birds |
|
|
Eurasian
Coot Fulica atra |
2
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|
Scarce passage migrant + resident
birds |
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Waders |
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Black-winged
Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
1
|
|
Rare visitor |
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Pied
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
2
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Rare visitor |
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|
Common
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
2
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|
Passage migrant |
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|
Kentish
Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
2
|
|
Scarce breeder on Porto Santo
only |
|
|
American
Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica |
2
|
|
1 known record |
|
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Grey
Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
2
|
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Scarce visitor in late autumn
and winter |
|
|
Red
Knot Calidris canutus |
4
|
|
Scarce passage migrant |
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|
Sanderling
Calidris alba |
4
|
|
Passage migrant |
|
|
White-rumped
Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis |
1
|
|
Rare visitor |
1 NEW
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|
Semipalmated
Sandpiper Calidris pusilla |
2
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Little
Stint Calidris minuta |
1
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Temminck's
Stint Calidris temminckii |
1
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|
1 known record |
|
|
Pectoral
Sandpiper Calidris melanotos |
4
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|
6 records in the archipelago |
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
2
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|
Occasional passage migrant |
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|
Dunlin
Calidris alpina |
3
|
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Passage migrant |
|
|
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax |
1
|
|
Scarce passage migrant |
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit Limosa lapponica |
2
|
|
Passage migrant |
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit Limosa limosa |
1
|
|
Rare passage migrant |
|
|
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus |
3
|
|
Passage migrant |
|
|
Hudsonian
Whimbrel Numenius p. hudsonicus |
1
|
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Rare visitor |
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|
Common
Redshank Tringa totanus |
1
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Passage migrant |
|
|
Common
Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
4
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|
Passage migrant, mainly in
spring |
|
|
Green
Sandpiper Tringa ochropus |
1
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|
Rare visitor |
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|
Wood
Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
1
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Rare visitor |
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|
Common
Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos |
7
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|
Passage migrant |
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|
Spotted
Sandpiper Actitis macularius |
10
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|
8 known records |
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|
Ruddy
Turnstone Arenaria interpres |
8
|
|
Passage migrant + wintering
birds |
|
Skuas, Gulls & Terns |
|
Great
Skua Catharacta skua |
1
|
|
Passage migrant |
|
|
Pomarine
Skua Stercorarius pomarinus |
1
|
|
Passage migrant |
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull Larus melanocephalus |
9
|
|
Scarce winter visitor |
|
|
Laughing
Gull Larus atricilla |
9
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Sabine's
Gull Larus sabini |
2
|
|
Only the third known record |
|
|
Bonapartes
Gull Larus philadelphia |
2
|
|
The first for Madeira! |
|
|
Black-headed
Gull Larus ridibundus |
4
|
|
Passage migrant, mainly in
winter |
|
|
Ring-billed
Gull Larus delawarensis |
14
|
|
Rare, but regular winter visitor |
|
|
Common
Gull Larus canus |
2
|
|
Rare visitor in late autumn
and winter |
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii |
5
|
|
Passage migrant (in low numbers) |
|
|
Yellow-legged
Gull Larus michahellis atlantis |
12
|
|
Resident breeder |
|
|
Iceland
Gull Larus glaucoides |
7
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Kumliens
Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni |
2
|
|
The first record for Madeira |
|
|
Glaucous
Gull Larus hyperboreus |
4
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Great
Black-backed Gull Larus marinus |
5
|
|
9 known records, but probably
regular |
|
|
Black-legged
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla |
4
|
|
Passage migrant, mainly seen
in winter |
|
|
Sandwich
Tern Sterna sandvicensis |
1
|
|
Scarce passage migrant, mainly
in winter |
|
|
Common
Tern Sterna hirundo |
12
|
|
Migrant breeder + passage migrants |
|
|
Roseate
Tern Sterna dougallii |
15
|
|
Scarce breeder + passage migrants |
|
|
Black
Tern Chlidonias niger surinamensis |
2
|
|
Very rare and first of this
subspecies |
|
PigeonsHoopoes |
|
Feral
Dove Columba livia |
2
|
|
Fairly common and widespread |
|
|
Stock
Dove Columba oenas |
4
|
|
1 known record |
|
|
Trocaz
Pigeon Columba trocaz |
10
|
|
Resident breeder, endemic to
Madeira |
|
|
Eurasian
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto |
2
|
|
Rare (localized to Caniçal) |
|
|
Turtle
Dove Streptopelia turtur |
3
|
|
Scarce passage migrant |
|
|
Ruddy
Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti |
1
|
|
Most probably an escape |
|
|
Rose-ringed
Parakeet Psittacula krameri |
1
|
|
Escaped bird |
|
|
Monk
Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus |
2
|
|
Escaped birds |
|
|
Great
Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius |
2
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Barn
Owl Tyto alba schmitzi |
1
|
|
Resident breeder, confined
to Madeira |
|
|
Plain
Swift Apus unicolor |
10
|
|
Resident breeder, endemic to
Macaronesia |
|
|
Common
Swift Apus apus |
1
|
|
Occasional passage migrant |
|
|
Pallid
Swift Apus pallidus |
2
|
|
Scarce breeder |
|
|
Alpine
Swift Apus melba |
4
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Occasional passage migrant |
|
|
European
Bee-eater Merops apiaster |
2
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|
Scarce passage migrant, mainly
in spring |
|
|
Hoopoe
Upupa epops |
6
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|
Resident breeder, but scarce
on main island |
|
LarksTrushes |
|
Barn
Swallow Hirundo rustica |
1
|
|
Passage migrant, mainly in
spring |
|
|
Red-rumped
Swallow Cecropis daurica |
3
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|
Passage migrant, mainly in
spring |
|
|
House
Martin Delichon urbicum |
2
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|
Passage migrant, mainly in
spring |
|
|
Sand
Martin Riparia riparia |
1
|
|
Passage migrant, mainly in
spring |
|
|
Berthelot's
Pipit Anthus berthelotii madeirensis |
6
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|
Resident breeder, confined
to Madeira |
|
|
Tree
Pipit Anthus trivialis |
1
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|
Rare visitor (c. 24 recorded
in spring 2008) |
|
|
Yellow
Wagtail Motacilla flava |
1
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|
Rare visitor (many recorded
in spring 2008) |
|
|
Grey
Wagtail Motacilla cinerea schmitzi |
9
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|
Resident breeder, confined
to Madeira |
|
|
White
Wagtail Motacilla alba |
2
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|
Scarce winter visitor |
|
|
Robin
Erithacus rubecula |
5
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|
Resident breeder |
|
|
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra |
1
|
|
Rare visitor (only one record
before 2008) |
|
|
Northern
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe |
2
|
|
Scarce passage migrant |
|
|
Blue
Rock Trush Monticola solitarius |
3
|
|
One record, 10th March 2012 |
3 NEW
|
|
Ring
Ouzel Turdus torquatus alpestris |
1
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|
Two records (1993 and 2012) |
1 NEW
|
|
Blackbird
Turdus merula cabrerae |
2
|
|
Resident breeder, confined
to Madeira |
|
WarblersShrikes |
|
Reed
Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
2
|
|
Scarce passage migrant |
|
|
Spectacled
Warbler Sylvia conspicillata bella |
6
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|
Resident breeder, but scarce
and localized |
|
|
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla heineken |
9
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|
Resident breeder |
|
|
Two-barred
Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus |
1
|
|
1 record |
|
|
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita |
2
|
|
Scarce winter visitor |
|
|
Willow
Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus |
1
|
|
Scarce passage migrant |
|
|
Madeira
Firecrest Regulus madeirensis |
6
|
|
Resident breeder, endemic to
Madeira |
|
|
Pied
Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca |
1
|
|
Scarce passage migrant, mainly
in spring |
|
|
Spotted
Flycatcher Muscicapa striata |
1
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
CrowsBuntings |
|
Spanish
Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis |
8
|
|
Resident breeder, common on
Porto Santo |
|
|
Rock
Sparrow Petronia petronia madeirensis |
6
|
|
Scarce breeder, but common
on Porto Santo |
|
|
Village
Weaver Ploceus cucullatus |
2
|
|
1 record, of unknown origion |
|
|
Yellow-crowned
Bishop Euplectes afer |
2
|
|
1 record, of unknown origion |
|
|
Common
Waxbill Estrilda astrild |
8
|
|
Resident breeder, but localized
(introduced) |
|
|
Canary
Serinus canaria |
9
|
|
Resident breeder |
|
|
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs maderensis |
7
|
|
Resident breeder |
|
|
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla |
2
|
|
Rare visitor |
|
|
Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis parva |
6
|
|
Scarce and localized breeder |
|
|
Linnet
Carduelis cannabina guentheri |
5
|
|
Scarce and localized breeder |
|
|
Common
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra |
2
|
|
Two known records |
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