Official Reader Rendezvous Checklist Portugal: Birding an Ancient Land Lisbon, Portugal April 2017 ü (Common) Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ü Great Bustard Otis tarda ü Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ü Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax ü Gadwall Anas strepera ü (Eurasian) Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ü (Northern) Shoveler Anas clypeata ü (Pied) Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ü Garganey Anas querquedula ü Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus ü (Common) Pochard Aythya ferina ü Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ü Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina ü Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola ü Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa ü Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius ü (Common) Quail Coturnix coturnix ü (Common) Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula ü Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ü Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus ü Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus ü Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola ü Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis ü (Northern) Lapwing Vanellus vanellus ü Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus ü (Red) Knot Calidris canutus ü (Northern) Gannet Morus bassanus ü Sanderling Calidris alba ü (Great) Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ü (Ruddy) Turnstone Arenaria interpres ü (European) Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis ü Dunlin Calidris alpina ü Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus ü Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea ü (Black-crowned) Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax ü Little Stint Calidris minuta ü Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ü Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola ü Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides ü Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ü Little Egret Egretta garzetta ü (Common) Redshank Tringa totanus ü Great Egret Casmerodius albus ü Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus ü Grey Heron Ardea cinerea ü (Common) Greenshank Tringa nebularia ü Purple Heron Ardea purpurea ü Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa ü White Stork Ciconia ciconia ü Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ü Black Stork Ciconia nigra ü (Eurasian) Curlew Numenius arquata ü Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus ü (Eurasian) Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ü (Eurasian) Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia ü (Common) Snipe Gallinago gallinago ü (Greater) Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus ü Ruff Philomachus pugnax ü (Eurasian) Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus ü Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus ü (Eurasian) Black Vulture Aegypius monachus ü Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus ü Osprey Pandion haliaetus ü Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei ü Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos ü Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus ü Iberian Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti ü Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis ü Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus ü Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii ü Booted Eagle Aquila pennata ü Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus ü Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata ü Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus ü Red Kite Milvus milvus ü Little Tern Sternula albifrons ü Black Kite Milvus migrans ü Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis ü (Western) Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus ü Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica ü Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ü Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia ü Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus ü Black Tern Chlidonias niger ü Common Buzzard Buteo buteo ü Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida ü Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus ü Razorbill Alca torda ü (Common) Kestrel Falco tinnunculus ü Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis ü Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni ü Rock Dove Columba livia ü Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus ü (Eurasian) Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto ü (Common) Moorhen Gallinula chloropus ü (European) Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ü (Eurasian) Coot Fulica atra ü (Common) Cuckoo Cuculus canorus ü Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio ü Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius ü (Eurasian) Eagle Owl Bubo bubo ü Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti ü Barn Owl Tyto alba ü (European) Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus ü Little Owl Athene noctua ü Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus ü Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis ü (Common) Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita ü (Common) Swift Apus apus ü (Winter) Wren Troglodytes troglodytes ü Pallid Swift Apus pallidus ü Great Tit Parus major ü (Eurasian) Hoopoe Upupa epops ü Coal Tit Periparus ater ü (Common) Kingfisher Alcedo atthis ü (European) Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus ü (European) Bee-eater Merops apiaster ü Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus ü (European) Roller Coracias garrulus ü Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla ü (Iberian) Green Woodpecker Picus viridis sharpei ü Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis ü Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major ü Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator ü Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor ü Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki ü (Eurasian) Wryneck Jynx torquilla ü (Common) Magpie Pica pica ü (Common) Skylark Alauda arvensis ü (Eurasian) Jay Garrulus glandarius ü Crested Lark Galerida cristata ü (Western) Jackdaw Corvus monedula ü Thekla Lark Galerida theklae ü (Red-billed) Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax ü Woodlark Lullula arborea ü Carrion Crow Corvus corone ü (Greater) Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla ü (Common) Raven Corvus corax ü Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens ü Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor ü Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra ü (Eurasian) Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus ü (Common) Sand Martin Riparia riparia ü House Sparrow Passer domesticus ü (Eurasian) Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris ü Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis ü Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica ü (Eurasian) Tree Sparrow Passer montanus ü Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica ü (Common) Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia ü (Common) House Martin Delichon urbicum ü (Common) Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs ü White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba ü (Common) Linnet Carduelis cannabina ü Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava ü (European) Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis ü Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea ü (European) Greenfinch Chloris chloris ü (European) Robin Erithacus rubecula ü (European) Serin Serinus serinus ü (Common) Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos ü Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes ü (Common) Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus ü (Common) Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus ü Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros ü Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra ü (Northern) Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe ü Rock Bunting Emberiza cia ü Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica ü Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus ü (Common) Stonechat Saxicola torquatus ü Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer ü (Common) Blackbird Turdus merula ü Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild ü Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius ü Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla ü (Common) Whitethroat Sylvia communis ü Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala ü Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata 180 species! ü Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Special thanks to David Smith for compiling this checklist. .