Spain · Andalusia
Embalse del Cubillas
209 species and 46,945 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sierra Nevada PNat – Humedal de Padul29 km207 species
- Charca de Suárez—Motril62 km233 species
All 209 species recorded here
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Great Tit Parus major
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Embalse del Cubillas?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Embalse del Cubillas?
209 species, from 46,945 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Embalse del Cubillas in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Grey Heron, Common Wood Pigeon, Great Cormorant and Eurasian Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.