Gambia · West Coast Division
Farasuto Forest Community NR
305 species and 12,979 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and November–December, with up to 178 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
African ThrushTurdus pelios178 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 305 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pirang Forest NP2 km278 species
- Pirang Fish Ponds5 km328 species
- Abuko NR14 km338 species
- Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields14 km261 species
- Marakissa Rivercamp15 km260 species
- Brufut Woods23 km301 species
All 305 species recorded here
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Farasuto Forest Community NR?
February and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 178 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Farasuto Forest Community NR?
305 species, from 12,979 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Farasuto Forest Community NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Greyish Eagle-Owl, Red-billed Firefinch, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Black-rumped Waxbill and White-backed Night Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.