Bird AlbumGambia · West Coast Division
Bijilo NP
231 species and 3,992 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 88 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
African ThrushTurdus pelios
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster78 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 231 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Senegambia Hotel Gardens and Beach1 km270 species
- Kotu Creek – Bridge and Mouth4 km293 species
- Kotu Creek4 km322 species
- Kotu4 km300 species
- Fajara Golf Club5 km256 species
- Brufut Woods8 km301 species
All 231 species recorded here
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bijilo NP?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 88 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bijilo NP?
231 species, from 3,992 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bijilo NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Red-billed Hornbill, Pied Crow, Hooded Vulture, Little Bee-eater and Red-eyed Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.