ActivitiesBirdwatching

Lost in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores are a recent discovery as a bird-watching destination.

From endemic bird species, passing migratory ones from the American and Eurasian continents to important colonies of migrant seabirds; you can find them all on these small islands.

Find species like the Island Canary, Serinus canaria, an exclusive species of Macaronesia as well as several subspecies such as the Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, the 3 subspecies of Goldcrest, Regulus regulus azoricus/sanctae-mariae/inermis, The Azores Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus azorica and the common Buzzard, Buteo buteo rothschildi.