Bird AlbumMauritania · Nouakchott
North Nouakchott Lake
41 species and 78 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Seen here in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Reserve Naturel de Sel Iode4 km53 species
- Aéroport de Nouakchott22 km24 species
All 41 species recorded here
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
How many bird species have been seen at North Nouakchott Lake?
41 species, from 78 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at North Nouakchott Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Laughing Dove, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater and Greater Hoopoe-Lark.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.