Bird AlbumGambia · West Coast Division
Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields
261 species and 5,602 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Striated HeronButorides striata
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
PiapiacPtilostomus aferSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Abuko NR2 km338 species
- Kotu9 km300 species
- Kotu Creek9 km322 species
- Fajara Golf Club9 km256 species
- Kotu Creek – Bridge and Mouth10 km293 species
- Bijilo NP10 km231 species
All 261 species recorded here
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- 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 Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields?
261 species, from 5,602 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lamin / Tambi Rice Fields in November?
The most recorded in November: Squacco Heron, Western Plantain-eater, Pied Kingfisher, Hooded Vulture and Striated 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.