Italy Ramsar wetland
Lago di Barrea
102 bird species recorded; the most in July.
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This month here
7 species in January.23 species in February.33 species in March.37 species in April.57 species in May.71 species in June.83 species in July.72 species in August.45 species in September.57 species in October.38 species in November.22 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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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
102 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).
- 102Speciesrecorded more than once
- 56Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,651Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 966 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 1Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 68Songbirds
- 15Other 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 102 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Snow FinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European SwiftApus apus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/-2°86 mm
- Feb5°/-2°74 mm
- Mar9°/0°69 mm
- Apr13°/4°58 mm
- May18°/8°56 mm
- Jun23°/12°43 mm
- Jul28°/15°33 mm
- Aug28°/15°28 mm
- Sep21°/10°66 mm
- Oct16°/7°78 mm
- Nov10°/3°106 mm
- Dec6°/-1°89 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lago di Barrea.
Lake in Barrea, Italy
Lago di Barrea is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Italy, 966 m above the sea.
102 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,651 open records.
The most recorded are the Hooded Crow, the Great tit and the Eurasian Nuthatch.
40 species come for the summer, 16 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Camping Colle Cigliocampsite · 0.9 km · 8 within 10 km
- A casa de Lenaplace to stay · 1.7 km · 38 within 10 km
- Civitella Alfedenanearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Abruzzo Airport (PSR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 76 km in a straight lineCar hire at PSR airport (Pescara)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
- 27marked trails within 4 km
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmUfficio Turistico, InfoPoint
- 14viewpoints within 5 kmBelvedere, Cascata and 12 more
- 30car parks within 3 km
- 18restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmCamping Colle Ciglio, Parcheggio Oasi del Lago, Area Sosta Camper Barrea and 5 more
- 38places to stay within 10 kmA casa de Lena, Hotel Valdirose, Affittacamere Le Rondini and 35 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 Lago di Barrea.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas52 mountains within 25 kmMonte Greco2,285 m · 4.4 kmMonte Petroso2,249 m · 5.6 kmSerra Rocca Chiarano2,262 m · 6.0 kmMonte Meta2,241 m · 8.4 kmMonti della Meta2,249 m · 10 kmMonte Marsicano2,245 m · 11 kmMontagna Grande2,208 m · 19 kmMonte Porrara2,137 m · 25 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmLago di Barrea1.0 km² · 0.7 kmLago della Montagna Spaccata0.3 km² · 5.9 kmLago di San Vincenzo0.5 km² · 15 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmCascata delle Ninfe · 4.9 km
Riveryasthe river nearbySangro122 km · 20 m³/s
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.
Lago di Barrea
Italy
- 54Birdyas Score
- 102Species
- 56Migrants
- 1Threatened
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- 58Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 53Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3290960) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,651 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, Lakeyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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