Comoros Ramsar wetland
Mount Karthala
39 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
15 species in January.23 species in February.0 species in March.22 species in April.0 species in May.23 species in June.26 species in July.26 species in August.4 species in September.36 species in October.32 species in November.27 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
39 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).
- 39Speciesrecorded more than once
- 4Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,141Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2,340 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 22Songbirds
- 13Other 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 39 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
- Madagascar harrierCircus macrosceles
Owls2 species
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- Grand Comoro Scops-owlOtus pauliani
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Songbirds22 species
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- Comoros Black BulbulHypsipetes parvirostrisNT
- Kirk's White-eyeZosterops kirki
- Grand Comoro Brush-WarblerNesillas brevicaudata
- Humblot's SunbirdCinnyris humbloti
- Comoros CuckooshrikeCoracina cucullata
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Malagasy Green SunbirdCinnyris notatus
- Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
- Comoro ThrushTurdus bewsheriNT
- Humblot's FlycatcherHumblotia flavirostrisVU
- Foudia eminentissimaFoudia eminentissima
- Comoro White-eyeZosterops mouroniensisNT
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Madagascar Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- Grand Comoro DrongoDicrurus fuscipennis
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Madagascar White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mayotte White-eyeZosterops mayottensis
- Mayotte DrongoDicrurus waldeniiVU
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater Vasa ParrotCoracopsis vasa
- Comoros Blue PigeonAlectroenas sganziniNT
- Comoro Olive-PigeonColumba polleniiNT
- Coracopsis sibilansCoracopsis sibilansNT
- Madagascar Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatus
- Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor
- Madagascar SpinetailZoonavena grandidieri
- Madagascar SwiftApus balstoni
- Malagasy palm swiftCypsiurus gracilis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Grey-headed LovebirdAgapornis canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
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°/28°226 mm
- Feb28°/28°165 mm
- Mar28°/28°169 mm
- Apr28°/28°156 mm
- May28°/27°60 mm
- Jun26°/26°38 mm
- Jul26°/25°32 mm
- Aug25°/24°19 mm
- Sep26°/25°19 mm
- Oct27°/26°37 mm
- Nov28°/27°41 mm
- Dec28°/28°104 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mount Karthala.
Volcano in Comores
Mount Karthala is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Comoros, 2,340 m above the sea.
39 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,141 open records.
The most recorded are the Comoros Black Bulbul, the Kirk's White-eye and the Greater Vasa Parrot.
3 species come for the summer, 1 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Humblot's Flycatcher and Mayotte Drongo.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Karthala قرطالةplace to stay · 9.0 km · 3 within 10 km
- Chouaninearest town · 9.5 km in a straight line
- Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport (HAH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 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
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmPoint de vue sur le cratère du Karthala, Point de vue caldera nord Karthala and 2 more
- 3places to stay within 10 kmKarthala قرطالة, Hôtel Le Kalyptus, Hôtel Pension Amal
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Mount Karthala.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas37 mountains within 25 kmMount Karthala2,361 m · volcano · 0.2 km↗Dzinquizouani · 10 kmDjoha · 17 kmAhibambo · 18 kmHainsanza · 20 kmMvouni · 20 kmMouadja · 21 kmMahomani · 22 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 (Q527548) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,141 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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