Portugal Ramsar wetland
Nature Park of Terceira
124 bird species recorded; the most from October to November.
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This month here
78 species in January.69 species in February.60 species in March.53 species in April.46 species in May.34 species in June.38 species in July.42 species in August.54 species in September.88 species in October.84 species in November.73 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.
NT
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
124 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).
- 124Speciesrecorded more than once
- 68Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 60,921Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 465 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 6Raptors
- 2Owls
- 29Waders
- 17Gulls & seabirds
- 22Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 25Songbirds
- 11Other 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 124 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
Gulls & seabirds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Green HeronButorides virescens
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Fringilla morelettiFringilla moreletti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- American CootFulica americana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from October to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan17°/15°79 mm
- Feb16°/15°76 mm
- Mar16°/15°79 mm
- Apr16°/15°62 mm
- May18°/16°56 mm
- Jun20°/18°40 mm
- Jul22°/21°23 mm
- Aug23°/22°27 mm
- Sep23°/21°62 mm
- Oct21°/19°82 mm
- Nov18°/17°70 mm
- Dec17°/16°115 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nature Park of Terceira.
Protected area of the island of Terceira
Nature Park of Terceira is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Portugal, 465 m above the sea.
124 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 60,921 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Wood Pigeon, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Atlantic Canary.
7 species come for the summer, 52 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Sandpiper, Lesser yellowlegs and Black-legged kittiwake.
The most species are recorded from October to November.
Get there and watch
- Parque de Campismocampsite · 9.6 km · 3 within 10 km
- Quinta da Násce-águaplace to stay · 3.5 km · 37 within 10 km
- Ribeirinhanearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
- Lajes Airport (TER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 11 km in a straight lineCar hire at TER airport (Praia da Vitória)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
- 6marked trails within 4 kmPRC06TER Rocha do Chambre, PRC07TER Passagem das Bestas, PR09TER Malha Grande - Biscoitos and 3 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmPosto de Turismo
- 9viewpoints within 5 kmMiradouro das Veredas 1, Miradouro das Veredas 2, Terra Chã and 6 more
- 7car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmParque de Campismo, Parque de Campismo da Salga
- 37places to stay within 10 kmQuinta da Násce-água, Quintal d'Angara, Casa dAngara and 34 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 Nature Park of Terceira.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmCaldeira de Guilherme Moniz · 1.2 kmAlgar do Carvão · 2.7 kmSerra do Morião · 2.7 kmPico Agudo639 m · 3.1 kmMonte Brasil1,023 m · 7.6 kmSerra de Santa Bárbara1,021 m · volcano · 10 kmPico Rachado842 m · 11 kmPico Matias Simão153 m · 13 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmAlgar do CarvãoBortle 3 · 2.6 kmMonte BrasilBortle 4 · 7.9 kmCabras IsletsBortle 3 · 9.4 kmTerceira IslandBortle 2 · 10 km↗FradinhosBortle 2 · 13 km
Cavernyas5 caves within 20 kmFurna de Água · 2.7 kmGruta Brisa Azul · 9.5 kmGruta das Agulhas · 11 kmGruta das Cinco Ribeiras · 12 kmNatal Caves · 12 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.
Nature Park of Terceira
Portugal
- 63Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 68Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6980926) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 60,921 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, Coastya, Darkskyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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