Serbia Ramsar wetland
Slano Kopovo
194 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
ZoranCvetkovic · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
94 species in January.83 species in February.115 species in March.145 species in April.142 species in May.131 species in June.126 species in July.122 species in August.118 species in September.125 species in October.82 species in November.82 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
194 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).
- 194Speciesrecorded more than once
- 106Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 21,619Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 72 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 5Owls
- 26Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 77Songbirds
- 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 194 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common GullLarus canus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Black swanCygnus atratus
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds77 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great titParus major
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European SwiftApus apus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
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.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-4°42 mm
- Feb6°/-3°42 mm
- Mar12°/1°44 mm
- Apr19°/7°44 mm
- May24°/12°73 mm
- Jun28°/16°80 mm
- Jul31°/18°59 mm
- Aug31°/18°50 mm
- Sep25°/13°54 mm
- Oct18°/7°50 mm
- Nov11°/2°43 mm
- Dec4°/-2°42 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Slano Kopovo.
Slano Kopovo is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Serbia.
194 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 21,619 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Mallard and the Western Marsh Harrier.
71 species come for the summer, 31 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Сибилаplace to stay · 4.8 km · 4 within 10 km
- Belo Blatonearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at BEG airport (Belgrade)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
- 4observation towers within 6 kmВидиковац Царска Бара and 3 more
- 4marked trails within 4 kmМала стаза 15 км, Средња стаза 20 км, Велика стаза 30 км and 1 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmЦарска бара
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4places to stay within 10 kmСибила, Етно кућа Богојевић, Хотел Тиса and 1 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- car parks 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 Slano Kopovo.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas9 mountains within 25 kmDragićeva Humka · 9.3 kmTitelski Breg128 m · 11 kmŠljukina Hum · 11 kmŠajtinska Hum · 18 kmKoševac · 18 kmJurišina Kosa · 21 kmKolarska Humka · 22 kmLudoška Humka · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmCarska Bara1.4 km² · 2.0 km↗Belo jezero9.8 km² · 5.5 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.
Other places nearby.
Slano Kopovo
Serbia
- 75Birdyas Score
- 194Species
- 106Migrants
- 5Threatened
Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit
Serbia · 26 km
- 55Birdyas Score
- 126Species
- 55Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3486526) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 21,619 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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