Here you will find photos of rare as well as common birds documented in the Azores. Below you will find a list in systematic order where you will find photos in one ort two different sizes. There is also below a link to a page where you can search and sort photos in different manners. If you are interested in more details about the birds you can try either the Bird database, the Trip report section, or you can contact the photographers (with their e-mail addresses and personal web sites).
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   If you are searching for photos of rarities in the Azores you can find them in the section of "Recent News" or in the "Bird database". Most of these photos will also be found in the systematic list below, but in the database there will also be many more documentation photos.

Last update 2010-09-06. There are 2088 photos on this page. (Plus many more in the Bird database section)
See latest updates and sort photos.
Species name		Pics	Last update
Swans to Ducks
	Pink-footed Goose – Anser brachyrhynchus	2	2008-02-15
	Greater White-fronted Goose – Anser albifrons	4	2009-11-08
	Greylag Goose – Anser anser	4	2010-09-04
	Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis	2	2007-01-05
	Brent Goose – Branta bernicla hrota	8	2009-11-10
	Ruddy Shelduck – Tadorna ferruginea	2	2008-08-03
	Common Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna	4	2009-05-05
	Wood Duck – Aix sponsa	9	2010-08-23
	Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata	5	2010-03-11
	Eurasian Wigeon – Anas penelope	4	2008-03-11
	American Wigeon – Anas americana	15	2009-01-07
	Gadwall – Anas strepera	1	2008-12-02
	Common Teal – Anas crecca	3	2009-11-16
	Green-winged Teal – Anas carolinensis	2	2009-12-27
	Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos	7	2010-03-12
	Mallard/American Black Duck hybrid – Anas platyrhynchosXrubripes	2	2008-08-03
	American Black Duck – Anas rubripes	4	2008-07-06
	Northern Pintail – Anas acuta	14	2010-02-02
	Garganey – Anas querquedula	7	2009-05-11
	Blue-winged Teal – Anas discors	29	2010-08-23
	Northern Shoveler – Anas clypeata	10	2010-02-01
	Common Pochard – Aythya ferina	3	2009-12-02
	Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris	45	2009-12-02
	Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula	6	2008-11-07
	Greater Scaup – Aythya marila	7	2010-02-17
	Lesser Scaup – Aythya affinis	16	2010-02-12
	Common Eider – Somateria mollissima	1	2005-00-00
	King Eider – Somateria spectabilis	1	2006-08-21
	Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis	2	2009-06-12
	Common Scoter – Melanitta nigra	6	2009-12-03
	Surf Scoter – Melanitta perspicillata	5	2008-11-10
	Common Goldeneye – Bucephala clangula	2	2010-01-04
	Hooded Merganser – Mergus cucullatus	9	2010-02-17
Gamebirds to Gannets
	Red-legged Partridge – Alectoris rufa	5	2010-04-25
	Common Quail – Coturnix c. conturbans	10	2010-04-25
	Helmeted Guineafowl – Numida meleagris	1	2009-01-05
	Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata	5	2007-12-09
	Great Northern Loon – Gavia immer	4	2008-02-27
	Pied-billed Grebe – Podilymbus podiceps	20	2010-08-13
	Black-necked Grebe – Podiceps nigricollis	4	2008-11-06
	Black-browed Albatross – Thalassarche melanophris	8	2007-07-10
	Northern Fulmar – Fulmarus glacialis	5	2008-08-23
	Trindade Petrel – Pterodroma arminjoniana	6	2009-08-21
	Fea's Petrel – Pterodroma feae	4	2009-11-05
	Black-capped Petrel – Pterodroma hasitata	6	2009-05-23
	Bermuda Petrel – Pterodroma cahow	2	2006-06-05
	Bulwer's Petrel – Bulweria bulwerii	12	2010-05-31
	Cory's Shearwater – Calonectris diomedea borealis	28	2010-05-15
	Great Shearwater – Puffinus gravis	16	2009-12-04
	Sooty Shearwater – Puffinus griseus	8	2009-07-14
	Manx Shearwater – Puffinus puffinus	10	2009-09-28
	Little Shearwater – Puffinus assimilis baroli	11	2010-06-01
	Wilson's Storm-petrel – Oceanites oceanicus	28	2010-08-18
	White-faced Storm-petrel – Pelagodroma marina	2	2008-08-23
	Leach's Storm-petrel – Oceanodroma leucorhoa	2	2007-11-01
	Madeiran Storm-petrel – Oceanodroma castro	16	2010-06-01
	Red-billed Tropicbird – Phaethon aethereus	3	2008-09-04
	White-tailed Tropicbird – Phaethon lepturus	6	2007-12-02
	Masked Booby – Sula dactylatra	4	2008-08-03
	Northern Gannet – Morus bassanus	1	2008-05-11
Cormorants to Storks
	Double-crested Cormorant – Phalacrocorax auritus	15	2010-02-26
	Frigatebird sp. – Fregata sp.	2	2008-11-16
	American Bittern – Botaurus lentiginosus	6	2007-09-30
	Least Bittern – Ixobrychus exilis	4	2008-04-24
	Black-crowned Night Heron – Nycticorax nycticorax	4	2009-04-28
	Green Heron – Butorides virescens	1	2007-10-31
	Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis	14	2009-04-27
	Squacco Heron – Ardeola ralloides	4	2009-05-23
	Snowy Egret – Egretta thula	7	2007-10-22
	Little Egret – Egretta garzetta	27	2010-03-26
	Snowy/Little Egret sp – Egretta thula/garzetta	11	2008-03-25
	American Great Egret – Egretta a. egretta	43	2010-03-11
	Grey Heron – Ardea cinerea	9	2010-03-12
	Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias	23	2010-07-20
	White Stork – Ciconia ciconia	1	2009-09-11
	Glossy Ibis – Plegadis falcinellus	1	2008-03-28
	Eurasian Spoonbill – Platalea leucorodia	15	2009-03-05
Raptors to Bustards
	American Swallow-tailed Kite – Elanoides forficatus	3	2009-01-24
	Red Kite – Milvus milvus	1	2009-05-01
	Common Buzzard – Buteo buteo rothschildi	9	2010-07-21
	Rough-legged Buzzard – Buteo lagopus	1	2007-11-13
	Osprey – Pandion haliaetus	4	2009-05-25
	Common Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus	1	2008-04-03
	Merlin – Falco columbarius	1	2008-11-03
	Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus	6	2008-08-15
	Spotted Crake – Porzana porzana	2	2008-10-21
	Corn Crake – Crex crex	1	2009-09-20
	Common Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus	9	2010-09-06
	Purple Gallinule – Porphyrio martinicus	2	2010-01-22
	Eurasian Coot – Fulica atra	4	2009-04-26
	American Coot – Fulica americana	19	2010-02-17
Waders
	Eurasian Oystercatcher – Haematopus ostralegus	10	2010-02-05
	Black-winged Stilt – Himantopus himantopus	4	2010-01-28
	Common Ringed Plover – Charadrius hiaticula	10	2010-09-06
	Semipalmated Plover – Charadrius semipalmatus	72	2010-06-01
	Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus	7	2010-01-24
	Kentish Plover – Charadrius alexandrinus	5	2008-11-19
	Eurasian Dotterel – Charadrius morinellus	6	2010-03-20
	American Golden Plover – Pluvialis dominica	16	2009-12-03
	Pacific Golden Plover – Pluvialis fulva	2	2007-12-17
	European Golden Plover – Pluvialis apricaria	7	2010-02-08
	Grey Plover – Pluvialis squatarola	13	2009-09-20
	Northern Lapwing – Vanellus vanellus	1	2007-12-09
	Red Knot – Calidris canutus	20	2010-09-04
	Sanderling – Calidris alba	13	2010-09-06
	Semipalmated Sandpiper – Calidris pusilla	40	2010-09-06
	Western Sandpiper – Calidris mauri	9	2009-09-17
	Little Stint – Calidris minuta	9	2010-08-27
	Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla	19	2009-11-20
	White-rumped Sandpiper – Calidris fuscicollis	55	2010-09-06
	Baird's Sandpiper – Calidris bairdii	2	2008-10-02
	Pectoral Sandpiper – Calidris melanotos	37	2010-02-02
	Curlew Sandpiper – Calidris ferruginea	4	2007-12-09
	Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima	13	2010-02-26
	Dunlin – Calidris alpina	14	2010-08-27
	Stilt Sandpiper – Calidris himantopus	3	2007-12-02
	Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Tryngites subruficollis	2	2010-05-07
	Ruff – Philomachus pugnax	2	2008-03-11
	Common Snipe – Gallinago gallinago	4	2008-07-19
	Wilson's Snipe – Gallinago delicata	12	2009-11-15
	Short-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus griseus	22	2009-09-07
	Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus scolopaceus	19	2010-03-20
	Eurasian Woodcock – Scolopax rusticola	4	2010-02-02
	Black-tailed Godwit – Limosa limosa	5	2009-09-09
	Hudsonian Godwit – Limosa haemastica	2	2007-09-07
	Bar-tailed Godwit – Limosa lapponica	11	2009-09-20
	Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus	12	2010-02-02
	Hudsonian Whimbrel – Numenius p. hudsonicus	16	2009-02-13
	Eurasian Curlew – Numenius arquata	3	2009-10-01
	Upland Sandpiper – Bartramia longicauda	5	2009-11-20
	Spotted Redshank – Tringa erythropus	2	2008-04-10
	Common Redshank – Tringa totanus	9	2009-11-28
	Common Greenshank – Tringa nebularia	6	2009-08-28
	Greater Yellowlegs – Tringa melanoleuca	1	2009-02-13
	Lesser Yellowlegs – Tringa flavipes	26	2010-03-20
	Solitary Sandpiper – Tringa solitaria	6	2009-11-08
	Wood Sandpiper – Tringa glareola	5	2009-09-26
	Common Sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos	8	2010-03-11
	Spotted Sandpiper – Actitis macularius	27	2010-08-13
	Ruddy Turnstone – Arenaria interpres	14	2010-02-17
	Red Phalarope – Phalaropus fulicarius	14	2010-08-05
Skuas to Auks
	Pomarine Skua – Stercorarius pomarinus	6	2010-05-15
	Parasitic Skua – Stercorarius parasiticus	2	2009-09-18
	Long-tailed Skua – Stercorarius longicaudus	3	2010-05-15
	Great Skua – Stercorarius skua	1	2007-06-26
	Mediterranean Gull – Larus melanocephalus	11	2007-12-05
	Laughing Gull – Larus atricilla	39	2009-09-11
	Sabine's Gull – Larus sabini	2	2010-08-27
	Bonaparte's Gull – Larus philadelphia	5	2010-02-26
	Black-headed Gull – Larus ridibundus	7	2010-03-19
	Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis	32	2010-03-19
	Common Gull – Larus canus	3	2010-03-16
	Mew Gull – Larus brachyrhynchus	3	2005-00-00
	Lesser Black-backed Gull – Larus fuscus	7	2009-01-31
	American Herring Gull – Larus smithsonianus	22	2010-04-12
	Yellow-legged Gull – Larus michahellis atlantis	27	2009-01-27
	Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides	24	2009-03-05
	Glaucous Gull – Larus hyperboreus	26	2009-03-05
	Great Black-backed Gull – Larus marinus	17	2009-08-07
	Black-legged Kittiwake – Rissa tridactyla	11	2010-04-25
	Sooty Tern – Onychoprion fuscatus	9	2010-07-10
	Bridled Tern – Onychoprion anaethetus	8	2009-06-17
	Gull-billed Tern – Gelochelidon nilotica	12	2009-03-13
	Caspian Tern – Hydroprogne caspia	4	2007-01-17
	Black Tern – Chlidonias niger	2	2009-09-17
	White-winged Tern – Chlidonias leucopterus	6	2010-08-20
	Whiskered Tern – Chlidonias hybrida	5	2008-05-07
	Roseate Tern – Sterna dougallii	11	2009-08-28
	Common Tern – Sterna hirundo	9	2010-07-10
	Forster's Tern – Sterna forsteri	4	2005-00-00
	Sandwich Tern – Sterna sandvicensis	1	2006-06-12
	Razorbill – Alca torda	2	2008-02-15
	Little Auk – Alle alle	3	2009-01-31
	Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica	3	2007-06-26
Pigeons to Swallows
	Rock (Feral) Dove – Columba livia	4	2009-11-14
	Common Wood Pigeon – Columba palumbus azorica	4	2008-08-15
	Eurasian Collared Dove – Streptopelia decaocto	6	2010-08-20
	American Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura	1	2005-00-00
Escapes
	Rose-ringed Parakeet – Psittacula krameri	1	2008-09-10
Pigeons to Swallows
	Black-billed Cuckoo – Coccyzus erythropthalmus	4	2008-03-28
	Yellow-billed Cuckoo – Coccyzus americanus	21	2010-08-23
	Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus	1	2009-05-16
	Long-eared Owl – Asio otus	7	2008-04-29
	Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus	2	2007-12-02
	Common Nighthawk – Chordeiles minor	7	2008-10-22
	Chimney Swift – Chaetura pelagica	5	2009-12-12
	Belted Kingfisher – Ceryle alcyon	5	2007-02-27
	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Sphyrapicus varius	6	2009-05-01
	Eurasian Skylark – Alauda arvensis	1	2006-11-30
	Sand Martin – Riparia riparia	2	2010-05-11
	Tree Swallow – Tachycineta bicolor	5	2007-11-15
	Purple Martin – Progne subis	2	2005-00-00
	Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica	1	2008-04-11
	American Barn Swallow – Hirundo r. erythrogaster	5	2008-10-15
Pipits to Finches
	Tawny Pipit – Anthus campestris	1	2008-04-12
	Red-throated Pipit – Anthus cervinus	1	2009-12-27
	Buff-bellied Pipit – Anthus rubescens	11	2009-12-27
	Citrine Wagtail – Motacilla citreola	1	2009-09-28
	Grey Wagtail – Motacilla cinerea patriciae	10	2009-11-23
	White Wagtail – Motacilla alba	6	2009-03-05
	European Robin – Erithacus rubecula	7	2009-04-26
	Whinchat – Saxicola rubetra	1	2007-01-29
	Isabelline Wheatear – Oenanthe isabellina	3	2009-11-22
	Northern Wheatear – Oenanthe oenanthe	5	2008-03-11
	Hermit Thrush – Catharus guttatus	1	2008-10-12
	Grey-cheeked Thrush – Catharus minimus	1	2005-00-00
	Common Blackbird – Turdus merula azorensis	11	2009-11-14
	Fieldfare – Turdus pilaris	3	2006-12-01
	Song Thrush – Turdus philomelos	1	2007-11-25
	Paddyfield Warbler – Acrocephalus agricola	2	2008-11-14
	Blackcap – Sylvia atricapilla gularis	17	2008-11-03
	Yellow-browed Warbler – Phylloscopus inornatus	2	2005-00-00
	Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus collybita	7	2008-12-03
	Willow Warbler – Phylloscopus trochilus	1	2009-11-05
	Goldcrest – Regulus regulus	10	2009-04-26
	Common Starling – Sturnus vulgaris granti	11	2008-12-08
	House Sparrow – Passer domesticus	8	2009-04-26
	Common Waxbill – Estrilda astrild	10	2008-11-07
	White-eyed Vireo – Vireo griseus	2	2010-03-20
	Philadelphia Vireo – Vireo philadelphicus	1	2009-10-07
	Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus	4	2010-08-23
	Common Chaffinch – Fringilla coelebs moreletti	13	2009-07-06
	Atlantic Canary – Serinus canaria	22	2009-12-12
	European Greenfinch – Carduelis chloris aurantiiventris	3	2009-04-26
	European Goldfinch – Carduelis carduelis parva	4	2008-05-05
	Common Redpoll – Carduelis flammea	1	2007-10-21
	Arctic Redpoll – Carduelis hornemanni	3	2005-00-00
	Azores Bullfinch – Pyrrhula pyrrhula murina	25	2010-07-21
American Wood Warblers to Buntings
	Black-and-white Warbler – Mniotilta varia	4	2009-10-10
	Northern Parula – Parula americana	5	2010-08-23
	Yellow Warbler – Dendroica petechia	7	2010-03-20
	Black-throated Blue Warbler – Dendroica caerulescens	4	2007-03-10
	Black-throated Green Warbler – Dendroica virens	4	2009-11-26
	Magnolia Warbler – Dendroica magnolia	2	2009-10-06
	Yellow-rumped Warbler – Dendroica coronata	9	2009-12-27
	Blackpoll Warbler – Dendroica striata	3	2008-10-13
	American Redstart – Setophaga ruticilla	1	2009-09-27
	Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla	8	2010-03-20
	Common Yellowthroat – Geothlypis trichas	8	2010-03-20
	Summer Tanager – Piranga rubra	3	2007-03-10
	Scarlet Tanager – Piranga olivacea	4	2008-10-24
	Savannah Sparrow – Passerculus sandwichensis	5	2009-12-12
	White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys	1	2005-00-00
	Lapland Longspur – Calcarius lapponicus	2	2010-03-20
	Snow Bunting – Plectrophenax nivalis	9	2009-05-16
	Dickcissel – Spiza americana	2	2009-11-25
	Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Pheucticus ludovicianus	9	2010-05-11
	Indigo Bunting – Passerina cyanea	11	2008-03-28
	Bobolink – Dolichonyx oryzivorus	10	2009-11-26
	Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula	2	2009-11-20