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The books are listed by publication date with the most recent at the top.

A Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal, the Azores & Madeira Archipelagos

Colin Moore, Goncalo Elias and Helder Costa

2013

"A Birdwatchers' Guide To Portugal: The Azores and Madeira Archipelagos is an enlargement of the first edition, published in 1997. Not only has all the information been carefully reviewed and updated but several new sites have been included for mainland Portugal (44 birding sites are now described). The scope of A Birdwatchers' Guide To Portugal: The Azores and Madeira Archipelagos has been significantly enlarged to include the Azores archipelago with all its rarity hotspots (not dealt with in the first edition). The section about Madeira has been thoroughly reviewed. This is now the first and only birdwatching guide to cover all of Portugal's territory. It is a fundamental reference for anyone, birder, birdwatcher or beginner planning to visit the country with an interest in its birds."

Field Guide to the Birds of Macaronesia: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde

Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

2011

"This Field Guide describes and illustrates all the species and subspecies of birds in Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde). The guide describes 573 species and subspecies, covering all resident, nesting, migrating and vagrant birds and includes more than 230 detailed distribution maps and 150 colour plates."

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde

Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill and Tony Disley

Christopher Helm

2006

"This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spetacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macaronesia which comprises the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. Over 450 species are illustrated with full details all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes identification, status, range, habits and voice."

Las Aves Marinas de España y Portugal: Península Ibérica, Islas Baleares, Canarias, Azores y Madeira / Seabirds Of Spain And Portugal

Andy Paterson

1997

Spanish with extensive English summaries

Covers 86 species of seabird recorded around the Iberian peninsula and associated islands.

Where to Watch Birds in Spain And Portugal

Laurence Rose

Hamlyn

1995

"This birdwatching guide lists 190 of the best sites near holiday destinations in Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, the Azores, the Balearics, the Canaries and Madeira, including a wide variety of different habitat types. Details of birds to be seen at each season, illustrations of specialities, and directions are included for each site."

Birds Of The Atlantic Islands, Volume 3

David A. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman

Oliver & Boyd

1966

The third of a four volume publication. This volume describes the birds of the Azores.

Natural History Of The Azores, Or Western Islands

Frederick Du Cane Godman

1870

Includes a 25 page chapter on the birds of the Azores.

From the preface:

"In the following pages I have endeavoured to give the result of a personal investigation of the Fauna and Flora of the Azores, made during a four months' visit to the archipelago. The materials accumulated during my stay consisted of numerous specimens, illustrating nearly every branch of Natural History. Since my return, these have been placed in the hands of several naturalists for determination. In their various reports, which constitute a large portion of this volume, all that was previously known relating to the Natural History of these islands has been incorporated, thus bringing our knowledge of the subject, in a complete form, down to the present time. The animal and vegetable life existing in a group of islands like the Azores, separated by a wide expanse of deep sea from any other land, possesses a special interest. It is by the investigation of the indigenous products of such isolated spots that the greatest amount of light is to be thrown on the important subjects of the origin and distribution of species."