Birds of Mauritania

274 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Great White PelicanGreat White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalusWhite WagtailWhite WagtailMotacilla albaWestern Marsh HarrierWestern Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusCaspian TernCaspian TernHydroprogne caspiaCommon Ringed PloverCommon Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaGreat CormorantGreat CormorantPhalacrocorax carboCommon RedshankCommon RedshankTringa totanusSlender-billed GullSlender-billed GullChroicocephalus geneiDunlinDunlinCalidris alpinaCommon KestrelCommon KestrelFalco tinnunculusLesser Black-backed GullLesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSanderlingSanderlingCalidris albaGreater Hoopoe-LarkGreater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipesRuddy TurnstoneRuddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres

Most recorded

Spur-winged LapwingSpur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosusWestern Cattle EgretWestern Cattle EgretArdea ibisLaughing DoveLaughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisBlack KiteBlack KiteMilvus migransReed CormorantReed CormorantMicrocarbo africanusGrey HeronGrey HeronArdea cinereaNamaqua DoveNamaqua DoveOena capensisSquacco HeronSquacco HeronArdeola ralloidesGull-billed TernGull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSpeckled PigeonSpeckled PigeonColumba guineaBlack-winged StiltBlack-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusGrey-headed GullGrey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusLittle EgretLittle EgretEgretta garzettaRock DoveRock DoveColumba livia

Hotspots with the most records

  1. Diawling National ParkTrarza198 species
  2. Route sans nom, MR (16.473, -15.7)Trarza42 species
  3. Parc National di Banc d'ArguinDakhlet Nouadhibou81 species
  4. Lac AlegBrakna120 species
  5. Cap BlancDakhlet Nouadhibou41 species
  6. DiamaTrarza81 species
  7. IwikDakhlet Nouadhibou44 species
  8. Reserve Naturel de Sel IodeNouakchott53 species
  9. North Nouakchott LakeNouakchott41 species
  10. Aéroport de NouakchottNouakchott24 species

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All species recorded · 274