Gambia · West Coast Division
Brufut Woods
301 species and 15,946 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and November, with up to 171 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus171 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 301 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tanji Bird Reserve3 km331 species
- Bijilo NP8 km231 species
- Senegambia Hotel Gardens and Beach9 km270 species
- Tujereng9 km256 species
- Kotu Creek – Bridge and Mouth11 km293 species
- Abuko NR12 km338 species
All 301 species recorded here
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Brufut Woods?
January and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 171 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Brufut Woods?
301 species, from 15,946 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Brufut Woods in November?
The most recorded in November: Laughing Dove, Fanti Saw-wing, Long-tailed Nightjar, Common Bulbul 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.