Brazil Ramsar wetland
Cabo Orange National Park
29 bird species recorded; the most in September.
Joao lara mesquita · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.25 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.28 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.0 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
29 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).
- 29Speciesrecorded more than once
- 0Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 100Recordsopen records within 15 km
- 5Raptors
- 1Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 8Songbirds
- 3Other 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 29 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Rufous Crab-hawkButeogallus aequinoctialisNT
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
Waders1 species
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Ducks & geese2 species
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
Songbirds8 species
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Red-breasted MeadowlarkSturnella militaris
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Xiphorhynchus picusXiphorhynchus picus
- Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolorNT
Other birds3 species
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/23°336 mm
- Feb28°/23°324 mm
- Mar28°/23°331 mm
- Apr28°/24°418 mm
- May28°/24°462 mm
- Jun28°/24°262 mm
- Jul28°/24°189 mm
- Aug28°/24°86 mm
- Sep30°/24°34 mm
- Oct31°/24°44 mm
- Nov31°/24°79 mm
- Dec29°/24°274 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cabo Orange National Park.
National park in Amapá, Brazil
Cabo Orange National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Brazil.
29 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 100 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Vulture, the Tropical Kingbird and the Crimson-crested Woodpecker.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
- Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 194 km in a straight lineCar hire at MCP airport (Macapá)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay 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 Cabo Orange National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1764854) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 100 open bird records within 15 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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