Italy bird observatory
Capri Bird Observatory
99 bird species recorded; the most in April.
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This month here
14 species in January.0 species in February.60 species in March.71 species in April.60 species in May.47 species in June.43 species in July.27 species in August.56 species in September.57 species in October.33 species in November.15 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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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
99 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).
- 99Speciesrecorded more than once
- 57Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,440Recordsopen records within 2 km
- 361 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 1Owls
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 58Songbirds
- 14Other 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 99 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
Owls1 species
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- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Gulls & seabirds9 species
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- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Ducks & geese2 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
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- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Songbirds58 species
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- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Italian SparrowPasser italiaeVU
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Other birds14 species
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- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan13°/11°102 mm
- Feb13°/11°82 mm
- Mar14°/12°74 mm
- Apr16°/14°57 mm
- May20°/18°41 mm
- Jun24°/22°30 mm
- Jul26°/24°21 mm
- Aug27°/25°24 mm
- Sep24°/22°77 mm
- Oct22°/19°88 mm
- Nov18°/16°130 mm
- Dec15°/13°101 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Capri Bird Observatory.
Bird observatory in Italy
Capri Bird Observatory is a bird observatory in Italy, 361 m above the sea.
99 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,440 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-legged Gull, the Rock Dove and the Eurasian Blackbird.
36 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Italian Sparrow, Yelkouan Shearwater and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- wild campingcampsite · 2.5 km · 5 within 10 km
- Capri Palace Hotel & Spaplace to stay · 0.4 km · 71 within 10 km
- Anacaprinearest town · 1.3 km in a straight line
- Naples International Airport (NAP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at NAP airport (Napoli)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
- 10marked trails within 4 kmSentiero dei Fortini, Via Krupp, Cresta Nord and 7 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmInfo Point and 3 more
- 52viewpoints within 5 kmBelvedere di Tragara, Belvedere Cannone, Piazzetta delle Noci and 49 more
- 20car parks within 3 km
- 70restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmwild camping and 4 more
- 71places to stay within 10 kmCapri Palace Hotel & Spa, Capri Beauty Farm, Hotel Excelsior Parco and 68 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 Capri Bird Observatory.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmMonte Cappello · 0.6 kmMonte Santa Maria · 0.6 kmMonte Solaro589 m · 1.3 kmMonte Tiberio · 3.0 kmMonte San Costanzo · 9.6 kmMonte Vico Alvano532 m · 19 kmMonte S. Angelo · 19 kmMonte Crocione497 m · 19 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmCala di Mitigliano · 4.6 km
Cavernyas6 caves within 20 kmGrotta del Pisco · 0.8 kmGrotta delle Felci · 1.0 kmBlue Grotto · 1.9 kmGrotta Verde · 1.9 kmGrotta di Matromania · 2.5 kmGrotta Bianca · 2.8 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.
Capri Bird Observatory
Italy
- 58Birdyas Score
- 99Species
- 57Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q94044791) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,440 open bird records within 2 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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