Bird AlbumGambia · North Bank Division
Tendaba Mangroves
247 species and 4,321 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 116 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Great EgretArdea alba
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea97 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 247 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tendaba Bush Camp – Mangrove Boat Ride2 km260 species
- Tendaba2 km334 species
- Tendaba – Tendaba Camp2 km342 species
- Kampanti Raptor Bridge44 km250 species
All 247 species recorded here
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tendaba Mangroves?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 116 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tendaba Mangroves?
247 species, from 4,321 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tendaba Mangroves in November?
The most recorded in November: African Woolly-necked Stork, African Darter, Goliath Heron, Mangrove Sunbird and Pink-backed Pelican.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.