Ukraine / Romania Ramsar wetland
Chilia branch
163 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Yakudza · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
14 species in January.9 species in February.24 species in March.91 species in April.146 species in May.120 species in June.74 species in July.69 species in August.43 species in September.33 species in October.47 species in November.11 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
163 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).
- 163Speciesrecorded more than once
- 86Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,463Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 15Raptors
- 1Owls
- 12Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 67Songbirds
- 20Other 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 163 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 KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmeus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds67 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great titParus major
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
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.
- Jan2°/-4°41 mm
- Feb5°/-3°29 mm
- Mar10°/1°32 mm
- Apr16°/6°34 mm
- May23°/12°44 mm
- Jun28°/17°54 mm
- Jul31°/19°45 mm
- Aug31°/19°28 mm
- Sep25°/14°38 mm
- Oct17°/8°47 mm
- Nov11°/3°38 mm
- Dec4°/-2°43 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chilia branch.
Branch of Danube
Chilia branch is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ukraine.
163 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,463 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Cormorant, the Black-headed Gull and the Hooded Crow.
67 species come for the summer, 15 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Red-footed Falcon and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Camping Danubiuscampsite · 6.8 km · 3 within 10 km
- Pensiunea Andaplace to stay · 4.8 km · 63 within 10 km
- Ceatalchioinearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 98 km in a straight lineCar hire at CND airport (Constanța)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmCentrul de Informare Turistică
- 3campsites within 10 kmCamping Danubius, Camping Tulcea -, NOMAD CAMPING TULCEA DANUBE DELTA
- 63places to stay within 10 kmPensiunea Anda, Vila Lake House, Europolis 2 and 60 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Chilia branch.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmDealul Niculițel · 22 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyDanube2,850 km · 5,433 m³/s↗Chilia branch104 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.
Chilia branch
Ukraine
- 67Birdyas Score
- 163Species
- 86Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1344617) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,463 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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