Site Report: Sintra, Portugal
Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Cryptocheilus elegans)
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
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Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Cryptocheilus elegans)
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Town near Lisbon
Visits
- 2026-08-16: The crazy heat continued in Lisbon, so we tried to avoid it by going up higher to Sintra. But, it was way too hot there as well.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (12 records,
3 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records,
2 images)
Class: Insects
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Spider Wasps
- Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Cryptocheilus elegans)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Phylum: Chordates
(10 records,
1 image)
Class: Birds
(10 records,
1 image)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(8 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Family: Kinglets
- Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Swallows
- Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)