Portugal Special Protection Area for birds
Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo
199 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
29 species in January.23 species in February.12 species in March.24 species in April.38 species in May.31 species in June.21 species in July.23 species in August.73 species in September.183 species in October.59 species in November.41 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
199 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 199Speciesrecorded more than once
- 46Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 32,604Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 532 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 2Owls
- 37Waders
- 31Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 78Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 199 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
Gulls & seabirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great shearwaterPuffinus gravis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- Band-rumped Storm PetrelOceanodroma castro
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little AukAlle alle
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Brünnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
Ducks & geese17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Songbirds78 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fringilla morelettiFringilla moreletti
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- CootFulica atra
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- European SwiftApus apus
- American CootFulica americana
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- SoraPorzana carolina
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan17°/15°108 mm
- Feb16°/14°94 mm
- Mar16°/14°86 mm
- Apr16°/15°63 mm
- May18°/16°57 mm
- Jun20°/18°52 mm
- Jul22°/21°30 mm
- Aug24°/22°47 mm
- Sep23°/21°70 mm
- Oct20°/19°92 mm
- Nov18°/17°93 mm
- Dec17°/16°123 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo.
Protected area in Portugal
Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Portugal, 532 m above the sea.
199 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 32,604 open records.
The most recorded are the Scopoli's Shearwater, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Yellow-legged Gull.
9 species come for the summer, 32 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Sandpiper, Lesser yellowlegs and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: 24/7Official site↗
- Parque de Campismo do Corvocampsite · 3.5 km · 1 within 10 km
- Joe&Vera Vintage Placeplace to stay · 3.2 km · 4 within 10 km
- Flores Airport (FLW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at FLW airport (Santa Cruz das Flores)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2marked trails within 4 kmPRC2COR Caldeirão, PR01COR Cara do Índio
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmCentro de Interpretação de Aves Selvagens do Corvo, Posto de Turismo
- 10viewpoints within 5 kmMiradouro Monte Gordo, Miradouro do Morro dos Homens, Miradouro Cara do Índio and 7 more
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmParque de Campismo do Corvo
- 4places to stay within 10 kmJoe&Vera Vintage Place, Joe&Vera Place, Hotel Comodoro and 1 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmCaldeirão do Corvo · this placeMonte Grosso · 0.9 kmMorro dos Homens718 m · 1.3 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmCorvo IslandBortle 1 · 0.5 km↗Morro dos HomensBortle 1 · 1.3 kmIlhéu Maria VazBortle 1 · 25 kmMonchique IsletBortle 1 · 27 kmFlores IslandBortle 1 · 28 km↗
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo
Portugal
- 72Birdyas Score
- 199Species
- 46Migrants
- 9Threatened
Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores
Portugal · 23 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 34Migrants
- 7Threatened
Costa Sul e Sudoeste - Ilha das Flores
Portugal · 37 km
- 48Birdyas Score
- 83Species
- 20Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q63378413) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 32,604 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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