AVIFAUNA AT JAMOR
In a space that corresponds to the largest forest area of the Municipality of Oeiras, there are many and varied species of birds that can be observed in the Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor (CDNJ), between resident birds and those that are in the zone only for brief periods.
As for the avifauna that lives permanently or uses this area to nest and feed, more than 100 species of birds have been identified in the CDNJ zone by several avifauna observers. Many of these birds are seasonal, and can be divided into several groups according to the period in which they are observed and by their abundance in this place.
There are resident birds, which are present throughout the year, their numbers being reinforced in summer or winter with migratory birds; the wintering birds, which are in Portugal in the winter, almost always coming from northern Europe and the summer birds that are here in the summer. The latter come from warmer climates, and usually nest in this area.
There are also birds from migratory passages, which pass through in the spring or autumn, but do not spend the winter or snow here in the summer, migrating through the use of geographical corridors, which may differ from year to year due to climatic conditions of each year (depending on the wind, rain, etc.). A good example is the European pied flycatcher that is not a resident, which at the springtime there are no records in the Jamor, which is known, but which in the autumn is relatively easy to find along the river Jamor.
Below is the list of birds that can be seen in the CDNJ, some are abundant and others are more scarce, depending also on the time of year and climate:
1. Birds all year round in greater or lesser quantity (attention that some depends on the years)
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Rock dove, Rock pigeon, or Common pigeon - Columba livia
Common wood pigeon - Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Common moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
Common buzzard - Buteo buteo
Rose-ringed parakeet - Psittacula krameri
Eurasian jay - Garrulus glandarius
Coal tit - Periparus ater
Eurasian blue tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
Great tit - Parus major
Long-tailed tit or Long-tailed bushtit - Aegithalos caudatus (lesser and more scarce)
Short-toed treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla
Eurasian wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
Common firecrest - Regulus ignicapilla
Cetti's warbler - Cettia cetti (not to be confused with common nightingale)
Zitting cisticola or Streaked Fantail Warbler - Cisticola juncidis
Sardinian warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
Eurasian blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
European robin - Erithacus rubecula
Black redstart - Phoenicurus ochrurus
Common blackbird - Turdus merula
Spotless starling - Sturnus unicolor
Grey wagtail - Motacilla cinerea (in small quantities)
White wagtail - Motacilla alba
European greenfinch - Chloris chloris
European goldfinch or Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
European serin or just Serin - Serinus serinus
House sparrow - Passer domesticus
Common waxbill - Estrilda astrild
Grey heron - Ardea cinerea (sparse)
Little egret - Egretta garzetta (sparse)
Common kingfisher - Alcedo atthis (in small quantities)
Common kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
Great spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos major (in small quantities)
Red-legged partridge - Alectoris rufa
2. Predominantly wintering birds (August to May, some in migratory passages)
Ruddy turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Common sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
Black-headed gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Mediterranean gull - Larus melanocephalus
Common gull - Larus canus
Great cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
Common chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
Meadow pipit - Anthus pratensis
Common chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
3. Birds in migratory passage (spring months or autumn months)
Willow warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus (both passages, more quantity in the autumnal passage)
Spotted flycatcher - Muscicapa striata (autumnal passage)
European pied flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca (autumnal passage)
Western yellow wagtail - Motacilla flava
Eurasian siskin - Carduelis spinus (in few quantities depending on the year)
Song thrush - Turdus philomelos (in small quantity)
4. Predominantly summer birds (from April to September)
European turtle dove - Streptopelia turtur
Common swift - Apus apus
Pallid swift - Apus pallidus (in small quantities)
Barn swallow - Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped swallow - Cecropis daurica
Common house martin - Delichom urbicum
A special thank you to Márcio Cachapela, who made the photographs available to us and made this compilation possible.
12-06-2019