Brazil Ramsar wetland
Fernando de Noronha
51 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
31 species in January.25 species in February.25 species in March.25 species in April.28 species in May.18 species in June.28 species in July.25 species in August.33 species in September.40 species in October.30 species in November.30 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
51 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).
- 51Speciesrecorded more than once
- 12Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 6,671Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 10Songbirds
- 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 51 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Waders14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Angel TernGygis alba
- Anous minutusAnous minutus
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Phaethon aethereusPhaethon aethereus
- Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquilaVU
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Striated HeronButorides striata
Songbirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Noronha VireoVireo gracilirostrisVU
- Noronha ElaeniaElaenia ridleyanaVU
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Large ElaeniaElaenia spectabilis
- Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicana
- White MonjitaXolmis irupero
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
Other birds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- 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 in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/27°69 mm
- Feb28°/27°103 mm
- Mar28°/27°164 mm
- Apr28°/28°232 mm
- May28°/28°156 mm
- Jun28°/27°102 mm
- Jul27°/26°63 mm
- Aug26°/26°22 mm
- Sep26°/26°10 mm
- Oct27°/26°7 mm
- Nov27°/26°7 mm
- Dec27°/27°27 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Fernando de Noronha.
Archipelago of islands in Brazil
Fernando de Noronha is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Brazil.
51 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 6,671 open records.
The most recorded are the Eared Dove, the Noronha Vireo and the Magnificent Frigatebird.
8 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Noronha Vireo, Noronha Elaenia and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Morro do Farolplace to stay · 0.6 km · 121 within 10 km
- Vila dos Remédiosnearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
- Fernando de Noronha Airport (FEN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 0 km in a straight lineCar hire at NAT airport (Natal)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 kmTrilha Costa Azul
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmParque Nacional Marinho Fernando De Noronha, PIC Sueste
- 25viewpoints within 5 kmPraia Sancho 2, Ponta das Caracas, Baia dos Golfinhos and 22 more
- 12car parks within 3 km
- 29restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 121places to stay within 10 kmMorro do Farol, Pousada Aleffawi, EcoCharme Pousada do Marcílio and 118 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Fernando de Noronha.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmMorro do Pico321 m · 1.1 kmMorro da Atalaia · 1.1 kmMorro do Medeira · 1.6 kmMorro do Francês · 2.7 kmEspigões · 6.5 km
Coastya5 beaches within 10 kmPraia do Boldro · 1.2 kmPraia da Quixaba · 1.4 kmPraia da Conceição · 1.7 kmSaco da Atalaia · 2.0 kmPraia do Sancho · 2.1 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmFernando de NoronhaBortle 3 · 1.1 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.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q175057) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 6,671 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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