Tunisia · Sousse Governorate
Sebkha Halk el Menzel
129 species and 763 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 23 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Korba Lagoons74 km133 species
All 129 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
- African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sebkha Halk el Menzel?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 23 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sebkha Halk el Menzel?
129 species, from 763 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sebkha Halk el Menzel in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Flamingo, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Cormorant, Slender-billed Gull and Grey 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.