Bird AlbumGambia · West Coast Division
Marakissa Rivercamp
260 species and 7,798 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri167 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 260 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pirang Forest NP15 km278 species
- Farasuto Forest Community NR15 km305 species
- Pirang Fish Ponds16 km328 species
- Kartong Wetland17 km334 species
- Tujereng19 km256 species
- Abuko NR22 km338 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Marakissa Rivercamp?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Marakissa Rivercamp?
260 species, from 7,798 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Marakissa Rivercamp in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Senegal Thick-knee, Western Plantain-eater and Spur-winged 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.