Portugal Special Protection Area for birds
Cabras Islets
85 bird species recorded; the most in February.
José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa 12:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC) · Public domain
This month here
43 species in January.49 species in February.41 species in March.37 species in April.34 species in May.32 species in June.30 species in July.36 species in August.34 species in September.39 species in October.42 species in November.40 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
85 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).
- 85Speciesrecorded more than once
- 40Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 24,761Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Raptors
- 1Owls
- 22Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 17Songbirds
- 9Other 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 85 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
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- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Owls1 species
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- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders22 species
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- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds20 species
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- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Great shearwaterPuffinus gravis
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Ducks & geese5 species
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- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
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- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds17 species
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- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Fringilla morelettiFringilla moreletti
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds9 species
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- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
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 February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan17°/15°75 mm
- Feb16°/15°72 mm
- Mar16°/15°71 mm
- Apr16°/15°56 mm
- May18°/16°49 mm
- Jun20°/18°32 mm
- Jul22°/21°18 mm
- Aug23°/22°24 mm
- Sep22°/22°57 mm
- Oct21°/19°72 mm
- Nov18°/17°66 mm
- Dec17°/16°110 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cabras Islets.
Islands of Azores
Cabras Islets is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Portugal.
85 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 24,761 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Wood Pigeon, the House Sparrow and the Rock Dove.
7 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: 24/7Official site↗
- Parque de Campismo da Salgacampsite · 4.6 km · 1 within 10 km
- ALLuar Lodgeplace to stay · 2.1 km · 28 within 10 km
- Feteiranearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
- Lajes Airport (TER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 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
- 1marked trails within 4 kmPRC11TER Pedra Furada da Serra da Ribeirinha
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmPosto de Turismo
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmMiradouro da Ponta dos Coelhos, Miradouro Maria Augusta de Castro and 3 more
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 7restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmParque de Campismo da Salga
- 28places to stay within 10 kmALLuar Lodge, Casa do Galante, Pousada Forte Angra do Heroísmo and 25 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 Cabras Islets.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmMonte Brasil1,023 m · 6.9 kmSerra do Morião · 7.1 kmCaldeira de Guilherme Moniz · 8.2 kmAlgar do Carvão · 12 kmPico Agudo639 m · 12 kmSerra de Santa Bárbara1,021 m · volcano · 18 kmPico Rachado842 m · 19 kmPico Matias Simão153 m · 22 km
Islandyasthe islandCabras Islets281 km²
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmCabras IsletsBortle 3 · this placeFradinhosBortle 2 · 4.2 kmMonte BrasilBortle 4 · 6.8 kmAlgar do CarvãoBortle 3 · 12 kmTerceira IslandBortle 2 · 18 km↗
Cavernyas4 caves within 20 kmGruta Brisa Azul · this placeGruta das Agulhas · 4.1 kmFurna de Água · 8.6 kmGruta das Cinco Ribeiras · 16 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.
Cabras Islets
Portugal
- 46Birdyas Score
- 85Species
- 40Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4206742) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 24,761 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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