Nigeria Ramsar wetland
Baturiya Wetland
75 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Aisha Saleh Adamu · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.24 species in March.21 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.37 species in September.62 species in October.51 species in November.45 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
75 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 75Speciesrecorded more than once
- 53Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 423Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 346 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 6Raptors
- 4Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 29Songbirds
- 25Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 75 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Yellow-billed KiteMilvus aegyptius
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
Songbirds29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Black Scrub-robinCercotrichas podobe
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brevicaudata
- Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan31°/13°0 mm
- Feb35°/16°0 mm
- Mar38°/20°0 mm
- Apr41°/24°4 mm
- May40°/26°22 mm
- Jun38°/26°71 mm
- Jul35°/24°139 mm
- Aug31°/22°206 mm
- Sep33°/22°94 mm
- Oct36°/20°16 mm
- Nov35°/17°4 mm
- Dec32°/14°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Baturiya Wetland.
Ramsar wetland in Jigawa State, Nigeria
Baturiya Wetland is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Nigeria, 346 m above the sea.
75 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 423 open records.
The most recorded are the Vinaceous Dove, the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu and the Western Cattle Egret.
0 species come for the summer, 47 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Gurinearest town · 23 km in a straight line
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Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Baturiya Wetland
Nigeria
- 48Birdyas Score
- 75Species
- 53Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q15785799) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 423 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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