Palau Ramsar wetland
Lake Ngardok
96 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and from September to October.
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This month here
46 species in January.55 species in February.55 species in March.62 species in April.67 species in May.37 species in June.47 species in July.48 species in August.66 species in September.67 species in October.61 species in November.50 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
96 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).
- 96Speciesrecorded more than once
- 30Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,312Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Owls
- 32Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 19Songbirds
- 19Other 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 96 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Palau OwlPyrroglaux podargina
Waders32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Oriental DotterelCharadrius veredus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anous minutusAnous minutus
- Angel TernGygis alba
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Songbirds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
- Palau FlycatcherMyiagra erythrops
- Palau Bush WarblerHorornis annae
- Dusky White-eyeZosterops finschii
- Palau FantailRhipidura lepida
- Palau CicadabirdCoracina monacha
- MorningbirdPachycephala tenebrosa
- Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Caroline Islands White-eyeZosterops semperi
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Sooty ShrikethrushColluricincla tenebrosa
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensisNT
- Artamus leucorynArtamus leucoryn
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Palau Fruit-dovePtilinopus pelewensis
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Micronesian Imperial-pigeonDucula oceanicaVU
- Palau SwiftletAerodramus pelewensis
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Palau KingfisherTodiramphus pelewensisNT
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobaricaNT
- White-browed CrakePorzana cinerea
- Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Palau ground dovePampusana canifrons
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Guam KingfisherTodiramphus cinnamominus
- Eclectus ParrotEclectus roratus
- Micronesian ScrubfowlMegapodius laperouseNT
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
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 April to May and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/27°216 mm
- Feb28°/27°197 mm
- Mar28°/27°183 mm
- Apr29°/28°177 mm
- May29°/28°279 mm
- Jun29°/28°331 mm
- Jul28°/27°375 mm
- Aug28°/27°303 mm
- Sep28°/27°284 mm
- Oct29°/28°236 mm
- Nov29°/28°239 mm
- Dec29°/28°246 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Ngardok.
Lake in Palau
Lake Ngardok is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Palau.
96 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,312 open records.
The most recorded are the Micronesian Starling, the Palau Fruit-dove and the Palau Flycatcher.
10 species come for the summer, 20 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Micronesian Imperial-pigeon, Grey Plover and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- Ngerulmudnearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight line
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
- 11car parks within 3 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 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 Lake Ngardok.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas41 mountains within 25 kmMount Ngerchelchuus242 m · 6.6 km↗Etiruir · 8.2 kmNgeruach · 8.8 kmNgerikoek · 11 kmEngas, Palau · 13 kmKlbael · 14 kmIlabis · 14 kmRoiskebesang · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1813703) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,312 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, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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