Bird AlbumNigeria · Plateau State
Lamingo Dam
214 species and 1,455 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Sun LarkGalerida modestaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Amurum Forest Reserve4 km345 species
- Rennajj (Rockwater) Fish Farm8 km174 species
All 214 species recorded here
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Jos Plateau Indigobird Vidua maryae
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Quailfinch Indigobird Vidua nigeriae
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Locust Finch Paludipasser locustella
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lamingo Dam?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lamingo Dam?
214 species, from 1,455 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lamingo Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: Laughing Dove, Northern Red Bishop, Speckled Pigeon, Common Bulbul and Reed 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.