🇵🇹Animals recorded in Portugal

Which animals have been recorded in Portugal? 322,057 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, sperm whale.

• 322,057 records
• 1,200+ species
• 59 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, sperm whale. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Portugal

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	249,702
	Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus	Aves Laridae	11,008
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	7,657
	short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus	Mammalia Delphinidae	2,385
	Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	Aves Scolopacidae	2,149
	Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus	Mammalia Delphinidae	1,602
	rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis	Mammalia Delphinidae	1,108
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	319
	common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus	Mammalia Delphinidae	304
	Oncaea notopus	Copepoda Oncaeidae	265
	Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus	Insecta Lucanidae	263
	Madeira Wall Lizard Teira dugesii	Squamata Lacertidae	236
	false killer whale Pseudorca crassidens	Mammalia Delphinidae	227
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	211
	blue whale Balaenoptera musculus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	194
	northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus	Mammalia Hyperoodontidae	192
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	178
	Iberian Water Frog Pelophylax perezi	Amphibia Ranidae	172
	Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	Aves Laridae	157
	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Aves Falconidae	149
	Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	Aves Threskiornithidae	136
	European pilchard Sardina pilchardus	— Clupeidae	132
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	126
	Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus	— Carangidae	122
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	117
	Cicada orni	Insecta Cicadidae	117
	Garden Snail Cornu aspersum	Gastropoda Helicidae	117
	Chuniphyes multidentata	Hydrozoa Clausophyidae	116
	sei whale Balaenoptera borealis	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	113
	Tan bristlemouth Cyclothone pallida	— Gonostomatidae	110
	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Aves Accipitridae	107
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	104
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	104
	fin whale Balaenoptera physalus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	102
	White Stork Ciconia ciconia	Aves Ciconiidae	101
	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Aves Sylviidae	101
	Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros	Aves Muscicapidae	94
	White Snail Theba pisana	Gastropoda Helicidae	93
	orca Orcinus orca	Mammalia Delphinidae	92
	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	92
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	91
	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola	Aves Muscicapidae	91
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	91
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	90
	milk snail Otala lactea	Gastropoda Helicidae	89
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	85
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	84
	feeble spiny-tailed shrimp Systellaspis debilis	Malacostraca Oplophoridae	84
	standard spiny-tailed shrimp Oplophorus spinosus	Malacostraca Oplophoridae	80
	Mediterranean Spotted Chafer Oxythyrea funesta	Insecta Scarabaeidae	79
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	79
	Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias	— Scombridae	78
	Clouded Yellow Colias croceus	Insecta Pieridae	78
	Agabus bipustulatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	77
	Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	Aves Accipitridae	76
	Deronectes bicostatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	76
	Yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina	Insecta Vespidae	74
	Madeira Chaffinch Fringilla maderensis	Aves Fringillidae	74
	Geniez's Wall Lizard Podarcis virescens	Squamata Lacertidae	70
	Pheronema carpenteri	Hexactinellida Pheronematidae	70