Gambia · Central River Division
Jakhaly Rice Fields
257 species and 4,650 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Great EgretArdea alba
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus134 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 257 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 257 species recorded here
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jakhaly Rice Fields?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jakhaly Rice Fields?
257 species, from 4,650 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jakhaly Rice Fields in November?
The most recorded in November: African Jacana, Spur-winged Lapwing, Squacco Heron, Western Marsh Harrier and Western Cattle Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.