Niger · Tillabéri Region
W National Park
305 species and 4,227 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 305 species recorded here
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari
- West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- 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 W National Park?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at W National Park?
305 species, from 4,227 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at W National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: African Fish Eagle, Brown Babbler, Hamerkop, Helmeted Guineafowl and Bateleur.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.