Timor Leste Important Bird Area
Maubara Important Bird Area
89 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
36 species in January.43 species in February.30 species in March.31 species in April.47 species in May.39 species in June.51 species in July.18 species in August.16 species in September.60 species in October.43 species in November.46 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
89 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).
- 89Speciesrecorded more than once
- 21Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,569Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 9Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 39Songbirds
- 23Other 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 89 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Spotted KestrelFalco moluccensis
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sunda TealAnas gibberifrons
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
- Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
Songbirds39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Territornis reticulataTerritornis reticulata
- Plain GerygoneGerygone inornata
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventris
- Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
- White-winged TrillerLalage sueurii
- Timor BushchatSaxicola gutturalis
- Plain FriarbirdPhilemon inornatus
- Red-chested FlowerpeckerDicaeum maugei
- Olive-brown OrioleOriolus melanotis
- Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroides
- Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Flame-breasted SunbirdCinnyris solaris
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Timor FigbirdSphecotheres viridis
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Wallacean CuckooshrikeCoracina personata
- Buff-banded ThicketbirdBuettikoferella bivittata
- Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Sunda Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus
- Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor
- Black-faced WoodswallowArtamus cinereus
- Fawn-breasted WhistlerPachycephala orpheus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Megalurus timoriensisMegalurus timoriensis
- Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis
- Wallacean DrongoDicrurus densus
- Red-rumped MyzomelaMyzomela vulnerata
- Yellow-eared HoneyeaterLichmera flavicans
- Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
- Black-faced MuniaLonchura molucca
- Pale-headed MuniaLonchura pallida
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Barred DoveGeopelia maugeus
- Black Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena modestaNT
- Rainbow Bee-eaterMerops ornatus
- Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Bar-necked Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia magna
- Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
- Drab SwiftletCollocalia neglecta
- Little Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx minutillus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Cinnamon-banded kingfisherTodiramphus australasia
- Little Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia ruficeps
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rose-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus regina
- Pink-headed Imperial-pigeonDucula rosaceaNT
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
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.
- Jan28°/26°266 mm
- Feb28°/26°223 mm
- Mar28°/26°137 mm
- Apr29°/26°62 mm
- May29°/26°39 mm
- Jun29°/25°26 mm
- Jul29°/24°10 mm
- Aug29°/24°5 mm
- Sep30°/25°5 mm
- Oct31°/26°16 mm
- Nov31°/27°59 mm
- Dec29°/27°187 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Maubara Important Bird Area.
Maubara Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Timor Leste.
89 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,569 open records.
The most recorded are the Territornis reticulata, the Plain Gerygone and the Eastern Spotted Dove.
11 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Irmãs Carmelitasplace to stay · 8.1 km · 2 within 10 km
- Maubaranearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
- Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 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
- 2places to stay within 10 kmIrmãs Carmelitas, Caimeo Beach Camping
- 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
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Maubara Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas186 mountains within 25 kmFatumasin1,369 m · 14 kmFoho Urluli1,538 m · 22 kmFoho Tidibesse1,551 m · 23 kmFoho Manusaelete1,503 m · 23 kmFoho Sileria1,435 m · 24 kmFoho Samatrailan1,483 m · 24 kmFoho Mambata1,502 m · 25 kmFoho Gomhai1,391 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmMaubara Lake0.2 km² · 0.9 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 (Q16894755) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,569 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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