Bird AlbumAngola · Benguela Province
Benguela Saltworks
116 species and 627 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–September, with up to 24 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 116 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Benguela Saltworks?
August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 24 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Benguela Saltworks?
116 species, from 627 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.