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Slano Kopovo

194 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec145at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

ZoranCvetkovic · CC BY-SA 3.0

This month here

94 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.

White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorFerdinando sacchetti · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mute Swan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentGeni · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grey Heron
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentVassilios Vescoukis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mallard
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentTetiana.iefimenko · CC BY 4.0
Western Marsh Harrier
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusResidentPierre-Marie Epiney · CC BY-SA 2.0
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentDiliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great Cormorant
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorKoshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
Eurasian CurlewNT
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorMeneer Zjeroen · CC BY 2.0
Common Buzzard
Common BuzzardButeo buteoResidentcaroline legg · CC BY 2.0
Greylag Goose
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorImran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Great White Egret
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Water Rail
European Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeusResident
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorSławek Staszczuk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hooded Crow
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommonists · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fieldfare
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorFrankie Fouganthin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian MagpiePica picaResidentAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Eurasian Wren
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Hen Harrier
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorKositoes · Public domain
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Shelduck
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentAiwok · CC BY-SA 3.0
Meadow Pipit
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

194 species, counted.

75out 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).

  • 194Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 106Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 21,619Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 72 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 15Raptors
  • 5Owls
  • 26Waders
  • 12Gulls & seabirds
  • 18Ducks & geese
  • 15Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 3Storks & cranes
  • 77Songbirds
  • 23Other 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 194 species.

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

Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • European HobbyFalco subbuteo
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • MerlinFalco columbarius
  • Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
  • Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
  • European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
  • Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
  • Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Little OwlAthene noctua
  • Long-eared OwlAsio otus
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
  • Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
  • Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
  • Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
  • Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
  • DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • RedshankTringa totanus
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Little StintCalidris minuta
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
  • Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
  • Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
  • Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
  • Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
  • SanderlingCalidris alba
  • Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
  • Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
  • European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
  • Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
  • Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
  • Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
  • Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
  • Black TernChlidonias niger
  • Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
  • White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
  • Common TernSterna hirundo
  • Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
  • Common GullLarus canus
  • Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
  • Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
  • Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • GarganeySpatula querquedula
  • GadwallMareca strepera
  • Greylag GooseAnser anser
  • Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
  • Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
  • Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
  • Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
  • SmewMergellus albellus
  • Black swanCygnus atratus
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
  • Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
  • Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
  • Purple heronArdea purpurea
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  • Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
  • Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
  • Black storkCiconia nigra
  • Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds77 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • Great titParus major
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
  • Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
  • RookCorvus frugilegus
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
  • Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
  • Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
  • Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • WhitethroatSylvia communis
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
  • BluethroatLuscinia svecica
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • Crested larkGalerida cristata
  • BramblingFringilla montifringilla
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
  • Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
  • Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • Western JackdawColoeus monedula
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
  • Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
  • Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • Marsh TitPoecile palustris
  • HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • Garden WarblerSylvia borin
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
  • Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • CootFulica atra
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • European Water RailRallus aquaticus
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • European RollerCoracias garrulus
  • WryneckJynx torquilla
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
  • Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
  • Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
  • Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
  • European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
  • Porzana parvaPorzana parva
  • Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
  • Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius

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 April to May.

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

  1. Jan943°/-4°42 mm
  2. Feb836°/-3°42 mm
  3. Mar11512°/1°44 mm
  4. Apr14519°/7°44 mm
  5. May14224°/12°73 mm
  6. Jun13128°/16°80 mm
  7. Jul12631°/18°59 mm
  8. Aug12231°/18°50 mm
  9. Sep11825°/13°54 mm
  10. Oct12518°/7°50 mm
  11. Nov8211°/2°43 mm
  12. Dec824°/-2°42 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Slano Kopovo.

Slano Kopovo is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Serbia.

194 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 21,619 open records.

The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Mallard and the Western Marsh Harrier.

71 species come for the summer, 31 for the winter and 4 only pass through.

5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Grey Plover.

The most species are recorded from April to May.

Boje Slanog kopova
ZoranCvetkovic · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Slano Kopovo 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

  • 4observation towers within 6 kmВидиковац Царска Бара and 3 more
  • 4marked trails within 4 kmМала стаза 15 км, Средња стаза 20 км, Велика стаза 30 км and 1 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmЦарска бара
  • 2viewpoints within 5 km
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 4places to stay within 10 kmСибила, Етно кућа Богојевић, Хотел Тиса and 1 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Slano Kopovo.

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

Peakyas9 mountains within 25 km
Dragićeva Humka · 9.3 kmTitelski Breg128 m · 11 kmŠljukina Hum · 11 kmŠajtinska Hum · 18 kmKoševac · 18 kmJurišina Kosa · 21 kmKolarska Humka · 22 kmLudoška Humka · 25 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.

Detalj osmatračnice na obali Slanog kopova
ZoranCvetkovic · CC BY-SA 3.0
RP13 Slano Kopovo Pred kisu
Snowyns · CC BY-SA 4.0
Slano Kopovo - slatina
Nikolam993 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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  • 75Birdyas Score
  • 194Species
  • 106Migrants
  • 5Threatened

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  • 194Species
  • 107Migrants
  • 5Threatened

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

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  • 55Birdyas Score
  • 126Species
  • 55Migrants
  • 1Threatened

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3486526) · CC0
Birds21,619 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, Lakeyas

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

The family

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