€ 0.02, Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster)

The bee-eater is one of the most colourful birds to visit us. Long bill and dark mask through red eyes. Chestnut crown grades to yellow on the back. Yellow throat, while the rest of the body is a bluish-green. Feeds on the domestic bee, but also catches a wide variety of other insects from the same family.

€ 0.28, Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

Forehead and chest white, black-tipped yellow bill, black head, light grey back and legs bright yellow. Breeds in colonies along the coastline, where it lays its eggs among pebbles or in the sand without building a nest. Eats fish, which it catches by plunge-diving repeatedly into the water.

€ 0.43, Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

The largest nocturnal bird resident in Portugal, the Eagle Owl has huge orange eyes that stand out from a heart-shaped facial disc, and its head has prominent black ear tufts. Overall it is a reddish yellow-ochre colour that is mixed with brown on its back, while its chest is a light ochre with dark streaks. Legs are feathered and end in four powerful claws. Diet includes mice and members of the Corvidae family, and it can lift the weight of a hare with ease.

€ 0.54, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)

The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is a sedentary species. Favours plains and the more arid zones of our country, which provide it with its diet of grain and seeds. The adult male possesses a very attractive combination of colours and adornments. One particularly outstanding feature is the contrast between its greenish ochre head and black throat, the clay-brown of its chest and the white of its belly.

€ 0.60, Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)

The Nightjar is particularly active at dusk. Its plumage provides a perfect camouflage that safeguards it while it is incubating its eggs which it lays amidst dry leaves. It has large black eyes, a reddish-grey head, back and underparts spotted with both light and dark-coloured dots, reddish auricular area and white throat and rectrices. Feeds on insects, which it catches in mid-air with its large bill.

€ 0.70, Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

The Great Spotted Cuckoo is a nest parasite that seeks out the nests of other birds in which to lay its eggs. Adults are grey with red eye-ring. Their back is a dark greyish green and the sides of their feathers are spotted with white marks. The throat and underparts are a creamy-white that is sometimes tinged with yellow. Its diet consists exclusively of insects.