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Labudovo okno

209 bird species recorded; the most in April and in August.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec136at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Dozon · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

100 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.

Common Buzzard
Common BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorcaroline legg · CC BY 2.0
Greylag Goose
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorImran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Smew
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Coot
CootFulica atraResidentNoodle snacks · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Goldeneye
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great Cormorant
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grey Heron
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentVassilios Vescoukis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mallard
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentTetiana.iefimenko · CC BY 4.0
Little Grebe
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mute Swan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentGeni · CC BY-SA 4.0
White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorFerdinando sacchetti · CC BY-SA 4.0
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeusResident
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorKoshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
Common PochardVU
Common PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hooded Crow
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommonists · CC BY-SA 4.0
Great Crested Grebe
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentGrahamBreeze · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tufted Duck
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Brambling
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitormmlolek · CC BY 2.0
Great White Egret
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Kestrel
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorSławek Staszczuk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentDiliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great tit
Great titParus majorResidentPeterRohrbeck · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

209 species, counted.

82out 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).

  • 209Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 126Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 8ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 15,484Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 68 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 18Raptors
  • 4Owls
  • 24Waders
  • 13Gulls & seabirds
  • 27Ducks & geese
  • 16Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 3Storks & cranes
  • 77Songbirds
  • 27Other 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 209 species.

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

Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • European HobbyFalco subbuteo
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
  • Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
  • Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
  • Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
  • Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
  • Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
  • MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Little OwlAthene noctua
  • Long-eared OwlAsio otus
  • Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
  • Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
  • DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
  • Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
  • Little StintCalidris minuta
  • Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
  • RedshankTringa totanus
  • Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
  • Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
  • Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
  • Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
  • Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
  • Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
  • Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
  • Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
  • Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
  • Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
  • Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
  • Common TernSterna hirundo
  • Common GullLarus canus
  • Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
  • Black TernChlidonias niger
  • Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
  • Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
  • White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
  • Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
  • Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ducks & geese27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
  • GadwallMareca strepera
  • Greylag GooseAnser anser
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
  • SmewMergellus albellus
  • Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
  • Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
  • Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
  • GarganeySpatula querquedula
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Greater ScaupAythya marila
  • Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
  • Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
  • GoosanderMergus merganser
  • Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
  • Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
  • Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
  • Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
  • Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
  • Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
  • Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
  • Purple heronArdea purpurea
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  • Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
  • Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
  • Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
  • Black storkCiconia nigra
  • Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds77 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
  • Great titParus major
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • RookCorvus frugilegus
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
  • Western JackdawColoeus monedula
  • Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • BramblingFringilla montifringilla
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
  • Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
  • European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
  • Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
  • Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
  • Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • Crested larkGalerida cristata
  • Marsh TitPoecile palustris
  • WoodlarkLullula arborea
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • WhitethroatSylvia communis
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • Garden WarblerSylvia borin
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
  • Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
  • Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
  • Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
  • Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
  • Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
  • Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
  • Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Other birds27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • CootFulica atra
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • European Water RailRallus aquaticus
  • Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
  • Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
  • Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
  • Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
  • Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
  • WryneckJynx torquilla
  • Stock DoveColumba oenas
  • European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
  • Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
  • Porzana parvaPorzana parva
  • Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla

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 April and in August.

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

  1. Jan1003°/-4°50 mm
  2. Feb916°/-3°46 mm
  3. Mar10212°/1°50 mm
  4. Apr12718°/6°52 mm
  5. May9923°/12°82 mm
  6. Jun10328°/16°88 mm
  7. Jul10830°/18°70 mm
  8. Aug13631°/18°56 mm
  9. Sep10925°/13°58 mm
  10. Oct11818°/7°56 mm
  11. Nov7811°/2°48 mm
  12. Dec994°/-2°49 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Labudovo okno.

Serbian nature reserve and Ramsar site

Labudovo okno is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Serbia.

209 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 15,484 open records.

The most recorded are the Great Cormorant, the Grey Heron and the Mallard.

67 species come for the summer, 49 for the winter and 10 only pass through.

8 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Horned Grebe.

The most species are recorded in April and in August.

Labudovo okno
Dozon · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Labudovo okno 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

  • 1observation towers within 6 km
  • 1marked trails within 4 kmE4: Osipaonica – Veliko Gradište
  • 3viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2car parks within 3 km
  • 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmHorizon, Кампинг одмориште Калиновац, Оаза and 1 more
  • 4places to stay within 10 kmСунце, Вила Бели Брег, Vila Marija and 1 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • visitor centres 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 Labudovo okno.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

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Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

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  • 82Birdyas Score
  • 209Species
  • 126Migrants
  • 8Threatened

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3214550) · CC0
Birds15,484 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
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Riveryas

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

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