Gambia · West Coast Division
Abuko NR
338 species and 22,970 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 213 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Guinea TuracoTauraco persaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields2 km261 species
- Kotu9 km300 species
- Bijilo NP10 km231 species
- Kotu Creek10 km322 species
- Fajara Golf Club10 km256 species
- Senegambia Hotel Gardens and Beach10 km270 species
All 338 species recorded here
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Abuko NR?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 213 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Abuko NR?
338 species, from 22,970 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Abuko NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Greenbul, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Fanti Saw-wing, Hooded Vulture and African Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.