Armenia Important Bird Area
Noravank Important Bird Area
109 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Art Anderson · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
4 species in January.8 species in February.18 species in March.59 species in April.95 species in May.85 species in June.68 species in July.62 species in August.55 species in September.43 species in October.23 species in November.8 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
109 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).
- 109Speciesrecorded more than once
- 78Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,654Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2,220 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 77Songbirds
- 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 109 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds77 species
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- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Great titParus major
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- White-throated robinIrania gutturalis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Asian Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Phylloscopus nitidusPhylloscopus nitidus
Other birds15 species
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- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
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 May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-6°15 mm
- Feb6°/-4°14 mm
- Mar13°/0°28 mm
- Apr18°/5°42 mm
- May24°/10°53 mm
- Jun30°/15°35 mm
- Jul34°/18°19 mm
- Aug33°/18°14 mm
- Sep28°/14°16 mm
- Oct20°/8°28 mm
- Nov11°/0°20 mm
- Dec5°/-4°15 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Noravank Important Bird Area.
Region of Armenia designated as worthy of conservation for its avifauna
Noravank Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Armenia, 2,220 m above the sea.
109 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,654 open records.
The most recorded are the Chough, the Eurasian Crag Martin and the Eastern Rock Nuthatch.
64 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Crossway Campingcampsite · 12 km · 13 within 10 km
- Գնիշիկ Հյուրատունplace to stay · 5.9 km · 10 within 10 km
- Areninearest town · 7.9 km in a straight line
- Nakhchivan International Airport (NAJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at EVN airport (Yerevan)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
- 9marked trails within 4 kmNoravank Trail, Bezoar Goat Trail, Chukar Trail and 6 more
- 9viewpoints within 5 km
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmCrossway Camping and 12 more
- 10places to stay within 10 kmԳնիշիկ Հյուրատուն, Areni Wine Art Homestay, LiViTi and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Noravank Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas69 mountains within 25 kmHarsnakar2,640 m · 7.0 kmGora Kechaltepe2,744 m · 12 kmGora Karakush2,600 m · 17 kmDrakhtasar2,209 m · 18 kmTsolasar2,772 m · 21 kmAghjkanvag2,339 m · 22 kmQarkatar2,961 m · 24 kmTeqsar2,898 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmArpaçay Su Anbarı2.8 km² · 11 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 kmMozrov Cave30 m · 5.9 kmMagellan cave · 7.5 kmAreni-1 cave complex · 8.3 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmShrran · 2.3 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.
Noravank Important Bird Area
Armenia
- 58Birdyas Score
- 109Species
- 78Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61113051) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,654 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, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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