Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve Field Guide

The Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve includes a group of rocky islands near the western coast of Portugal and their surrounding waters. This guide aims to help the curious and the visitor alike enjoy this unique place, with its rarities and endemisms.

Todos(as) 244

Actinothoe sphyrodeta

Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis

Ocellated Lizard ¹
Timon lepidus

Podarcis carbonelli berlengensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull ²
Larus fuscus

Yellow-legged Gull ³
Larus michahellis

Common Murre ⁴
Uria aalge

Cory's Shearwater ⁵
Calonectris diomedea

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel ⁶
Oceanodroma castro

Peregrine Falcon ⁷
Falco peregrinus

European Shag ⁸
Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Cuvier's Beaked Whale ⁹
Ziphius cavirostris

Common Porpoise ¹⁰
Phocoena phocoena

Bottlenose Dolphin ¹¹
Tursiops truncatus

Striped Dolphin ¹²
Stenella coeruleoalba

Common Dolphin ¹³
Delphinus delphis

Minke Whale ¹⁴
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

European Rabbit ¹⁵
Oryctolagus cuniculus

Black Rat ¹⁶
Rattus rattus

Ocean Sunfish ¹⁷
Mola mola

Grey Triggerfish ¹⁸
Balistes capriscus

Red Mullet ¹⁹
Mullus barbatus

Striped Red Mullet ²⁰
Mullus surmuletus

Atlantic Horse Mackerel ²¹
Trachurus trachurus

Yellow-headed goby ²²
Gobius xanthocephalus

Gobiusculus flavescens

Pomatoschistus marmoratus

Thorogobius ephippiatus ²³

Dusky Grouper ¹⁸
Epinephelus marginatus

Diplodus cervinus

Sargo-legítimo
Diplodus sargus

Common Two-banded Seabream ¹⁸
Diplodus vulgaris

Red Porgy ²⁴
Pagrus pagrus

Salema Porgy ²⁵
Sarpa salpa

Gilthead Seabream ²⁶
Sparus aurata

Black Seabream ²⁷
Spondyliosoma cantharus

Goldsinny Wrasse ²³
Ctenolabrus rupestris

Labrus bergylta

Cuckoo Wrasse ²³
Labrus mixtus

Symphodus bailloni

Tompot Blenny ²⁸
Parablennius gattorugine

Parablennius pilicornis

European Seabass ²⁷
Dicentrarchus labrax

thicklip grey mullet ²⁹
Chelon labrosus

Black-faced blenny ³⁰
Tripterygion delaisi

Syngnathus acus

Scorpaena ³¹

Trigloporus lastoviza

Mediterranean moray ¹²
Muraena helena

Conger eel
Conger conger

Zeugopterus punctatus

Faneca
Trisopterus luscus

Abrótea-da-costa
Phycis phycis

John Dory ³²
Zeus faber

School Shark
Galeorhinus galeus

Sea Vase ³³
Ciona intestinalis

Clavelina lepadiformis ²²

Clavelina nana ³⁴

Aplidium elegans ³⁵

Aplidium punctum

Polycera faeroensis

Flabellina babai

Chromodoris krohni

Chromodoris purpurea

Hypselodoris cantabrica

Hypselodoris fontandraui

Hypselodoris tricolor

Hypselodoris villafranca

Discodoris rosi

Doriopsilla areolata

Doriopsilla pelseneeri

Babosa borracha
Aplysia fasciata

Nassarius reticulatus

Calliostoma zizyphinum

Limpet ³⁶
Patella vulgata

Charonia lampas

common octopus ³⁷
Octopus vulgaris

European Common Cuttlefish ³⁸
Sepia officinalis

Mediterranean mussel ³⁹
Mytilus galloprovincialis

velvet swimming crab ⁴⁰
Necora puber

Polybius henslowi

European Spiny Lobster ¹²
Palinurus elephas

Scyllarus arctus

European Spider Crab
Maja squinado

Galathea strigosa

Common Prawn ²²
Palaemon serratus

Bispira volutacornis

Sabella pavonina

Sabella spallanzanii

Corynactis viridis

Leptopsammia pruvoti

Cerianthus membranaceus

Aiptasia mutabilis

Anemonia sulcata

Beadlet anemone
Actinia equina

Leptogorgia sarmentosa

Alcyonium glomeratum

Paramuricea clavata

Eunicella verrucosa

Parazoanthus axinellae

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Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve Field Guide

Ocellated Lizard 1 Timon lepidus

Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Larus fuscus

Yellow-legged Gull 3 Larus michahellis

Common Murre 4 Uria aalge

Cory's Shearwater 5 Calonectris diomedea

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 6 Oceanodroma castro

Peregrine Falcon 7 Falco peregrinus

European Shag 8 Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 9 Ziphius cavirostris

Common Porpoise 10 Phocoena phocoena

Bottlenose Dolphin 11 Tursiops truncatus

Striped Dolphin 12 Stenella coeruleoalba

Common Dolphin 13 Delphinus delphis

Minke Whale 14 Balaenoptera acutorostrata

European Rabbit 15 Oryctolagus cuniculus

Black Rat 16 Rattus rattus

Ocean Sunfish 17 Mola mola

Grey Triggerfish 18 Balistes capriscus

Red Mullet 19 Mullus barbatus

Striped Red Mullet 20 Mullus surmuletus

Atlantic Horse Mackerel 21 Trachurus trachurus

Yellow-headed goby 22 Gobius xanthocephalus

Dusky Grouper 18 Epinephelus marginatus

Sargo-legítimo Diplodus sargus

Common Two-banded Seabream 18 Diplodus vulgaris

Red Porgy 24 Pagrus pagrus

Salema Porgy 25 Sarpa salpa

Gilthead Seabream 26 Sparus aurata

Black Seabream 27 Spondyliosoma cantharus

Goldsinny Wrasse 23 Ctenolabrus rupestris

Cuckoo Wrasse 23 Labrus mixtus

Tompot Blenny 28 Parablennius gattorugine

European Seabass 27 Dicentrarchus labrax

thicklip grey mullet 29 Chelon labrosus

Black-faced blenny 30 Tripterygion delaisi

Mediterranean moray 12 Muraena helena

Conger eel Conger conger

Faneca Trisopterus luscus

Abrótea-da-costa Phycis phycis

John Dory 32 Zeus faber

School Shark Galeorhinus galeus

Sea Vase 33 Ciona intestinalis

Babosa borracha Aplysia fasciata

Limpet 36 Patella vulgata

common octopus 37 Octopus vulgaris

European Common Cuttlefish 38 Sepia officinalis

Mediterranean mussel 39 Mytilus galloprovincialis

velvet swimming crab 40 Necora puber

European Spiny Lobster 12 Palinurus elephas

European Spider Crab Maja squinado

Common Prawn 22 Palaemon serratus

Beadlet anemone Actinia equina