St. Helena · Tristan da Cunha
Nightingale Island
25 species and 331 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 18 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Edinburgh of the Seven Seas42 km23 species
- Nearshore waters (0-2mi/3km) - Anchorage43 km24 species
All 25 species recorded here
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita
- Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata
- Nightingale Island Finch Nesospiza questi
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
- Wilkins's Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi
- Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
- White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria
- Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
- Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
- Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nightingale Island?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 18 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nightingale Island?
25 species, from 331 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.