France Ramsar wetland
Moorea
42 bird species recorded; the most in March, from May to June and in November.
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
31 species in January.31 species in February.32 species in March.31 species in April.34 species in May.33 species in June.32 species in July.32 species in August.31 species in September.31 species in October.34 species in November.28 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.
NT
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
42 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).
- 42Speciesrecorded more than once
- 9Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,532Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Raptors
- 4Waders
- 18Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 8Songbirds
- 6Other 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 42 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensisNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
Gulls & seabirds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Angel TernGygis alba
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Anous minutusAnous minutus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrataNT
- Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Songbirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis
- Pacific SwallowHirundo tahitica
- Tahiti Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus cafferVU
Other birds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Grey-green Fruit-dovePtilinopus purpuratus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tahiti KingfisherTodiramphus veneratusNT
- Pacific Long-tailed CuckooUrodynamis taitensis
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 March, from May to June and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/27°184 mm
- Feb28°/27°171 mm
- Mar28°/28°130 mm
- Apr28°/28°115 mm
- May28°/27°88 mm
- Jun27°/26°68 mm
- Jul26°/25°52 mm
- Aug26°/25°48 mm
- Sep26°/25°39 mm
- Oct27°/26°82 mm
- Nov27°/26°114 mm
- Dec28°/27°218 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Moorea.
Island in French Polynesia
Moorea is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in France.
42 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,532 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Myna, the Red-vented Bulbul and the Zebra Dove.
3 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Tahiti Reed-Warbler.
The most species are recorded in March, from May to June and in November.
Get there and watch
- Aimeo Lodgeplace to stay · 1.8 km · 88 within 10 km
- Paopaonearest town · 0.6 km in a straight line
- Moorea Temae Airport (MOZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 km in a straight lineCar hire at BES airport (Brest)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
- 22viewpoints within 5 kmBelvédère de 'Opunohu, Point de vue des 3 cocotiers, Ōfa’i Tere and 19 more
- 8car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 88places to stay within 10 kmAimeo Lodge, Hôtel Kaveka, Bungalow Tropical Sunset (Airbnb) and 85 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Moorea.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas38 mountains within 25 kmMont Rotui899 m · 2.6 kmMont Farataupoo421 m · 2.6 kmMont Faraiere421 m · 2.6 kmMount Tohivea1,207 m · 3.7 kmSommet Tuputupuraa372 m · 3.7 kmMont Teaharoa572 m · 4.0 kmMont Maturaorao425 m · 5.1 kmMont Ruahiti434 m · 5.4 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmAnse de Robinson · 4.0 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km“Putoa Falls” (Afareaitu Waterfall) · 3.0 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 (Q673400) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,532 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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