Gambia · West Coast Division
Tanji Bird Reserve
331 species and 13,103 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 199 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Brufut Woods3 km301 species
- Tujereng9 km256 species
- Bijilo NP9 km231 species
- Senegambia Hotel Gardens and Beach10 km270 species
- Kotu Creek – Bridge and Mouth13 km293 species
- Kotu Creek13 km322 species
All 331 species recorded here
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tanji Bird Reserve?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 199 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tanji Bird Reserve?
331 species, from 13,103 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tanji Bird Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Osprey, Caspian Tern, Yellow-crowned Gonolek, Western Plantain-eater and Western Red-billed Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.