Guinea-Bissau Ramsar wetland
Cacheu Mangroves Natural Park
48 bird species recorded; the most in November.
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This month here
1 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.4 species in April.1 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.47 species in November.20 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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CRCR- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
48 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).
- 48Speciesrecorded more than once
- 3Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 233Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 7Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 11Songbirds
- 14Other 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 48 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Waders7 species
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Gulls & seabirds4 species
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
Storks & cranes1 species
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Songbirds11 species
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Other birds14 species
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
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 November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan32°/16°1 mm
- Feb34°/17°0 mm
- Mar37°/19°15 mm
- Apr38°/20°2 mm
- May37°/22°9 mm
- Jun34°/24°108 mm
- Jul30°/24°312 mm
- Aug29°/24°438 mm
- Sep29°/24°315 mm
- Oct30°/24°133 mm
- Nov30°/21°8 mm
- Dec30°/17°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cacheu Mangroves Natural Park.
Protected area in Guinea-Bissau
Cacheu Mangroves Natural Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Guinea-Bissau.
48 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 233 open records.
The most recorded are the Hooded Vulture, the Western Reef Heron and the Eurasian Whimbrel.
0 species come for the summer, 3 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Vulture and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in November.
Get there and watch
- Delta Hotelplace to stay · 2.9 km · 1 within 10 km
- Cacheunearest town · 3.2 km in a straight line
- Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at DSS airport (Dakar)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
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
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1places to stay within 10 kmDelta Hotel
- 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
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Cacheu Mangroves Natural Park
Guinea-Bissau
- 39Birdyas Score
- 48Species
- 3Migrants
- 2Threatened
Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve
Gambia · 139 km
- 66Birdyas Score
- 131Species
- 60Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3364592) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 233 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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