Tunisia · Medenine Governorate
Djerba Island
130 species and 1,492 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 60 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 130 species recorded here
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Djerba Island?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 60 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Djerba Island?
130 species, from 1,492 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Djerba Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Grey Shrike, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Slender-billed Gull and Great Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.