Philippines Ramsar wetland
Olango Island Group
103 bird species recorded; the most in February and in December.
Herbert Kikoy · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
66 species in January.79 species in February.72 species in March.58 species in April.48 species in May.50 species in June.38 species in July.54 species in August.64 species in September.56 species in October.37 species in November.74 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
103 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).
- 103Speciesrecorded more than once
- 34Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,098Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 26Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 33Songbirds
- 22Other 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 103 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Songbirds33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Olive-backed SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Philippine Pied FantailRhipidura nigritorquis
- Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Pied TrillerLalage nigra
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Philippine Magpie-RobinCopsychus mindanensis
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Red-striped FlowerpeckerDicaeum australe
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Philippine BulbulHypsipetes philippinus
- Megalurus timoriensisMegalurus timoriensis
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma
- Lowland White-eyeZosterops meyeni
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Everett's White-eyeZosterops everetti
- Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginata
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Pygmy SwiftletCollocalia troglodytes
- Philippine CoucalCentropus viridis
- Barred RailGallirallus torquatus
- Little Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx minutillus
- Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelis
- Philippine SwiftletAerodramus mearnsi
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Philippine NightjarCaprimulgus manillensis
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Philippine Hanging-parrotLoriculus philippensis
- Sunda Collared DoveStreptopelia bitorquata
- White-eared Brown DovePhapitreron leucotis
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
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 February and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/24°160 mm
- Feb28°/24°103 mm
- Mar29°/24°83 mm
- Apr31°/25°66 mm
- May31°/26°126 mm
- Jun30°/26°212 mm
- Jul29°/26°238 mm
- Aug29°/26°203 mm
- Sep29°/26°219 mm
- Oct28°/26°238 mm
- Nov28°/25°163 mm
- Dec28°/25°198 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Olango Island Group.
Group of islands in the Philippines
Olango Island Group is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Philippines.
103 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,098 open records.
The most recorded are the White-collared Kingfisher, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the Eurasian Whimbrel.
9 species come for the summer, 25 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Chinese Egret and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in February and in December.
Get there and watch
- Taytayan Camp Island Adventurecampsite · 1.5 km · 4 within 10 km
- Costabella Resortplace to stay · 5.4 km · 111 within 10 km
- Gabinearest town · 9.7 km in a straight line
- Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at CEB airport (Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City)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
- 2bird hides within 6 kmBird Hide № 2, Bird Hide № 1
- 3observation towers within 6 kmBird Hide № 2, Bird Hide № 1
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmSan Vicente Marine Protected Area
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmGumamilla
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmTaytayan Camp Island Adventure, Pag-utlan Camp, Airmen's Village and 1 more
- 111places to stay within 10 kmCostabella Resort, Blue Ocean Hotel, BE Resorts Mactan and 108 more
- marked trails within 4 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 Olango Island Group.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmMount Cabac · 5.8 kmMount Corte · 18 kmMount Lanibga · 24 km
Islandyasthe islandOlango Island11 km²
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.
Olango Island Group
Philippines
- 55Birdyas Score
- 103Species
- 34Migrants
- 4Threatened
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
Philippines · 296 km
- 42Birdyas Score
- 82Species
- 19Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q735900) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,098 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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