Greece Ramsar wetland
Kotychi
134 bird species recorded; the most in October.
RoubinakiM · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
67 species in January.49 species in February.68 species in March.70 species in April.86 species in May.11 species in June.39 species in July.15 species in August.45 species in September.96 species in October.47 species in November.55 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
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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
134 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).
- 134Speciesrecorded more than once
- 73Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,903Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 1Owls
- 27Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 10Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 51Songbirds
- 8Other 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 134 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ducks & geese10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds51 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great titParus major
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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.
- Jan14°/9°106 mm
- Feb14°/9°79 mm
- Mar16°/10°63 mm
- Apr20°/13°36 mm
- May24°/16°24 mm
- Jun28°/21°21 mm
- Jul32°/23°16 mm
- Aug32°/24°13 mm
- Sep28°/21°55 mm
- Oct24°/18°79 mm
- Nov19°/14°104 mm
- Dec15°/10°121 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kotychi.
Protected natural site
Kotychi is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Greece.
It is also a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive.
134 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,903 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Western Marsh Harrier and the Common Buzzard.
22 species come for the summer, 45 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Grey Plover and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Green Campcampsite · 4.1 km · 2 within 10 km
- Manoládanearest town · 6.7 km in a straight line
- Patras Araxos Agamemnon Airport (GPA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 20 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZTH airport (Zakynthos)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
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmGreen Camp
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- places to stay 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 Kotychi.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmTalouras · 17 kmChlemoutsi138 m · 18 kmToumbi · 20 kmMovri718 m · 21 kmMavra vouna · 21 kmPirgaki · 22 kmPyrlias531 m · 24 kmTzerovouni · 25 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.
Kotychi
Greece
- 67Birdyas Score
- 134Species
- 73Migrants
- 4Threatened
Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons
Greece · 43 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 206Species
- 111Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6434401) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,903 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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