Durmitor NP

43.13885 , 19.07688

Montenegro

Mt. Durmitor offers more than 20 peaks over 2200 m and 12 alpine lakes, where 175 birds species were recorded. On the mountaintops look for Snowfinch (good localities are Velika Kalica and Zeleni Vir), Shore Lark (ssp. balcanica, pretty rare but check at Skrcka Jezera), Alpine Chough, Alpine Accentor, Water Pipit, Black Redstart and, if you get lucky, Wallcreeper.

In the dwarf pine zone search for Ring Ouzel, Dunnock, Tawny Pipit, Linnet... Lower and warmer rocky places offer Rock Thrush, while coniferous forests are a place to look for Nutcracker, Three-toed Woodpecker, Firecrest, Crested Tit, Wood Warbler, Siskin, as well as Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, etc.

In lower coniferous forests or deciduous ones in the Tara Canyon look for Hazel Grouse, and on the rocky slopes of Tara Canyon search for Rock Partridge.

Other species include Tengmalm's and Eagle Owls, Honey Buzzard, Short-toed and Golden Eagles, Peregrine, Lesser Grey and Red-backed Shrikes, etc.

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• habitat and vegetation
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Coordinates were changed by Dragan Simic : 43.1388/19.0769 (2023-05-15 09:34:54 )

Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 43.1281/19.0580 (2020-11-15 13:51:11 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Durmitor NP" (2020-11-15 13:51:11 )

Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 09:40:59
Mt. Durmitor offers more than 20 peaks over 2200 m and 12 alpine lakes, where 175 birds species were recorded. On the mountaintops look for Snowfinch (good localities are Velika Kalica and Zeleni Vir), Shore Lark (ssp. balcanica, pretty rare but check at Skrcka Jezera), Alpine Chough, Alpine Accentor, Water Pipit, Black Redstart and, if you get lucky, Wallcreeper. In the dwarf pine zone search for Ring Ouzel, Dunnock, Tawny Pipit, Linnet... Lower and warmer rocky places offer Rock Thrush, while coniferous forests are a place to look for Nutcracker, Three-toed Woodpecker, Firecrest, Crested Tit, Wood Warbler, Siskin, as well as Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, etc. In lower coniferous forests or deciduous ones in the Tara Canyon look for Hazel Grouse, and on the rocky slopes of Tara Canyon search for Rock Partridge. Other species include Tengmalm's and Eagle Owls, Honey Buzzard, Short-toed and Golden Eagles, Peregrine, Lesser Grey and Red-backed Shrikes, etc.

  • Top species

List up to ca. 25 species that:
• have a limited distribution range and/or are rare on a global level
• are most sought-after by birdwatchers at this site
• and are relatively easy to see at this site (year-round or seasonally)

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
Eurasian Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)

Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:29:02)

Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:28:45)

Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:28:28)

Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:28:11)

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:27:56)

Eurasian Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:27:40)

Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:27:22)

Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:27:06)

Dunnock (Prunella modularis) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:26:41)

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:26:12)

Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:25:58)

Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:25:38)

Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:25:21)

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:24:43)

White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 09:23:24)

  • Timing and strategy

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  • How to get there

From Podgorica to Žabljak there is a 125 km drive (2.5 hours), from the Adriatic coast, e.g. Budva, 185 km (3.5 hours). 

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Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 09:46
From Podgorica to Žabljak there is a 125 km drive (2 -2.drive (2.5 hours), from the Adriatic coast, e.g. Budva, 185 km (3 – 3.(3.5 hours). 
Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 09:45
From Podgorica to Žabljak there is a 125 km drive (2 -2.5 hours), from the Adriatic coast, e.g. Budva, 185 km (3 – 3.5 hours). 

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Žabljak is a ski resort.

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Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 09:44
Žabljak is a ski resort.

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