Bird AlbumMoldova · Gagauzia Unitate Teritoriala Autonoma (UTAG)
Taraclia Lakes
120 species and 2,205 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–September, with up to 64 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
- Taraclia lake – Svetlîi village1 km115 species
- Taraclia lake6 km110 species
- Besalma20 km142 species
- Manta Lake and fish ponds37 km137 species
- Comrat lake40 km139 species
- Lacul Beleu56 km171 species
All 120 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Taraclia Lakes?
May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 64 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Taraclia Lakes?
120 species, from 2,205 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.