Ukraine bird sanctuary
Chystyliv sanctuary
83 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
Микола Василечко · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
7 species in January.19 species in February.20 species in March.45 species in April.47 species in May.50 species in June.1 species in July.34 species in August.6 species in September.9 species in October.1 species in November.9 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.
NTNT
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
83 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).
- 83Speciesrecorded more than once
- 35Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 461Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 305 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 3Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 44Songbirds
- 10Other 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 83 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
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 May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-8°37 mm
- Feb0°/-7°36 mm
- Mar6°/-3°47 mm
- Apr14°/3°45 mm
- May20°/9°80 mm
- Jun23°/13°96 mm
- Jul25°/15°90 mm
- Aug25°/14°64 mm
- Sep20°/9°55 mm
- Oct13°/3°48 mm
- Nov6°/-1°39 mm
- Dec0°/-6°38 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chystyliv sanctuary.
Ornithological reserve in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Chystyliv sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine, 305 m above the sea.
83 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 461 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Eurasian Magpie and the Gadwall.
24 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Монакоplace to stay · 5.7 km · 33 within 10 km
- Chystylivnearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
- Suceava Ștefan cel Mare International Airport (SCV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 222 km in a straight lineCar hire at IFO airport (Ivano-Frankivsk)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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmПірс
- 7car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 33places to stay within 10 kmМонако, Юхнович, Хостел and 30 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Chystyliv sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmBabyna Hora440 m · 15 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmTarnopol Pond3.0 km² · 5.1 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.
Chystyliv sanctuary
Ukraine
- 47Birdyas Score
- 83Species
- 35Migrants
- 1Threatened
Cholhynskyi ornithological preserve
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- 74Birdyas Score
- 184Species
- 132Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q12170329) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 461 open bird records within 4 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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