Madeira's Breeding Species | Madeira Birdwatching by Madeira Wind Birds

MADEIRA'S BREEDING SPECIES

Madeira Archipelago offers excellent conditions to birdwatchers, not only in terms of breeding birds but also vagrants. Here is our breeding species and subspecies:

MADEIRA ENDEMIC SPECIES

Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira

Trocaz Pigeon Columba trocaz

Madeira Firecrest Regulus madeirensis

MADEIRA ENDEMIC SUBSPECIES

Barn Owl Tyto alba schmitzi

Buzzard Buteo buteo harterti

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs madeirensis

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea schmitzi

Linnet Carduelis cannabina guentheri

Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia madeirensis

MACARONESIA ENDEMIC SPECIES

Canary Serinus canaria

Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae

Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli

Madeira Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro

Plain Swift Apus unicolor

Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotti

MACARONESIA ENDEMIC SUBSPECIES

Blackbird Turdus merula cabrerae

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla heineken /obscura

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis parva

Kestrel Falco tinuncullus canariensis

Quail Coturnix coturnix confisa

Rock Dove Columba livia atlantis

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus granti

Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicilatta orbitalis

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis

Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus

White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca

Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans atlantis

WIDESPREAD SPECIES

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

Greenfinch Carduelis chloris aurantiiventri

Hoopoe Upupa epops

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Pallid Swift Apus pallidus brehmorum

Red-legged Partrigde Alectoris rufa hispanica

Robin Erithacus rubecula rubecula

Siskin Carduelis spinus

Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis

Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

Waxbill Estrilda astrild

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