Gambia · Banjul
Fajara Golf Club
256 species and 4,700 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Little SwiftApus affinis
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kotu Creek0 km322 species
- Kotu0 km300 species
- Kotu Creek – Bridge and Mouth1 km293 species
- Senegambia Hotel Gardens and Beach3 km270 species
- Bijilo NP5 km231 species
- Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields9 km261 species
All 256 species recorded here
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fajara Golf Club?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fajara Golf Club?
256 species, from 4,700 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fajara Golf Club in November?
The most recorded in November: Vinaceous Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Pied Crow and Black-headed Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.