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Hatutu

25 bird species recorded; the most in September.

33Birdyas Score

IBASeabirds

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec25at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

This month here

0 species in January.

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.

No records for this month.

  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

25 species, counted.

33out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 25Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 7Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 184Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 159 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 2Waders
  • 19Gulls & seabirds
  • 1Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 1Songbirds
  • 2Other 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 25 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensisNT
  • Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
Gulls & seabirds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Anous minutusAnous minutus
  • Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
  • Masked BoobySula dactylatra
  • Red-footed BoobySula sula
  • Angel TernGygis alba
  • Brown BoobySula leucogaster
  • Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
  • Nesofregetta fuliginosaNesofregetta fuliginosa
  • Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
  • Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
  • Bulwer’s petrelBulweria bulwerii
  • White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
  • Phoenix PetrelPterodroma albaVU
  • Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
  • Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
  • Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
  • Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
  • Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
  • Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Songbirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern Marquesan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus percernis
Other birds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Pampusana rubescensPampusana rubescens
  • White-capped Fruit-DovePtilinopus dupetithouarsii

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 September.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan027°/27°37 mm
  2. Feb028°/27°27 mm
  3. Mar1328°/27°69 mm
  4. Apr028°/28°59 mm
  5. May028°/27°42 mm
  6. Jun028°/27°28 mm
  7. Jul027°/27°21 mm
  8. Aug027°/26°15 mm
  9. Sep2527°/26°14 mm
  10. Oct327°/26°11 mm
  11. Nov027°/26°21 mm
  12. Dec927°/27°14 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Hatutu.

Island in French Polynesia

Hatutu is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in France.

25 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 184 open records.

The most recorded are the Pampusana rubescens, the Anous minutus and the Great Frigatebird.

7 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.

1 are threatened worldwide, including Phoenix Petrel.

The most species are recorded in September.

Hatutu seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and watch

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.

Hatutu seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

    • bird hides within 6 km
    • observation towers within 6 km
    • marked trails within 4 km
    • visitor centres within 6 km
    • viewpoints within 5 km
    • car parks within 3 km
    • restaurants and cafés within 3 km
    • campsites within 10 km
    • places to stay within 10 km

    Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q1420365) · CC0
    Birds184 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
    See these recordsgbif.org
    SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
    AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
    Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
    What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
    ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

    Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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