Gambia · North Bank Division
Tendaba Bush Camp – Mangrove Boat Ride
260 species and 8,377 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
HamerkopScopus umbretta
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Great EgretArdea alba
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus119 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
- Tendaba Mangroves2 km247 species
- Tendaba3 km334 species
- Tendaba – Tendaba Camp3 km342 species
- Kampanti Raptor Bridge46 km250 species
All 260 species recorded here
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tendaba Bush Camp – Mangrove Boat Ride?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tendaba Bush Camp – Mangrove Boat Ride?
260 species, from 8,377 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tendaba Bush Camp – Mangrove Boat Ride in November?
The most recorded in November: African Woolly-necked Stork, Squacco Heron, African Darter, Western Reef Heron 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.