Mauritania · Trarza
Diawling National Park
198 species and 1,220 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 83 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little StintCalidris minutaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN du Djoudj – Station biologique et environs8 km237 species
- PNOD – Marigot de Djoudj9 km163 species
- PN des Oiseaux du Djoudj11 km303 species
- Diama19 km81 species
- Plaine de (dé)crue du fleuve Sénégal33 km216 species
- Bango – Digue et marais36 km184 species
All 198 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Diawling National Park?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 83 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Diawling National Park?
198 species, from 1,220 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Diawling National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Crested Lark, Great Cormorant, Western Yellow Wagtail, Namaqua Dove and Western Marsh Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.