Gambia · Lower River Division
Tendaba
334 species and 6,998 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 186 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little SwiftApus affinis
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus186 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 334 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tendaba – Tendaba Camp0 km342 species
- Tendaba Mangroves2 km247 species
- Tendaba Bush Camp – Mangrove Boat Ride3 km260 species
- Kampanti Raptor Bridge42 km250 species
- Pirang Fish Ponds80 km328 species
All 334 species recorded here
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tendaba?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 186 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tendaba?
334 species, from 6,998 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tendaba in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Swift, Village Indigobird, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Abyssinian Roller and Speckled Pigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.