Niger Ramsar wetland
Dallol Bosso
114 bird species recorded; the most in July.
Ibrahimassoumane · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.1 species in February.0 species in March.84 species in April.1 species in May.0 species in June.114 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.1 species in November.85 species in December.
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CRVUCRCRNTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
114 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).
- 114Speciesrecorded more than once
- 0Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 8ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,384Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 164 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 23Raptors
- 2Owls
- 5Waders
- 4Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 5Storks & cranes
- 41Songbirds
- 26Other 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 114 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCR
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVU
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVU
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Great-horned OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
Songbirds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Red-tailed LeaflovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Moustached WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Baka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Bronze-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Oenanthe heugliniOenanthe heuglini
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVU
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsNT
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan33°/16°0 mm
- Feb36°/19°0 mm
- Mar40°/23°4 mm
- Apr41°/27°12 mm
- May39°/27°45 mm
- Jun36°/26°98 mm
- Jul33°/24°152 mm
- Aug30°/23°218 mm
- Sep31°/23°117 mm
- Oct34°/22°32 mm
- Nov35°/18°1 mm
- Dec33°/16°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dallol Bosso.
River in Niger
Dallol Bosso is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Niger.
114 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,384 open records.
The most recorded are the African Harrier-hawk, the Common Moorhen and the African Silverbill.
8 are threatened worldwide, including White-backed Vulture, Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill and Rüppell's Vulture.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Falmeynearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 138 km in a straight lineCar hire at NIM airport (Niamey)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
- 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.
In our other atlases
Around Dallol Bosso.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas12 mountains within 25 kmKotokorga · 2.8 kmKoabaro · 6.2 kmPantyanlouti · 10 kmBourowa187 m · 11 kmMatagou · 16 kmKomabarma · 20 kmOusmandyoari · 21 kmTondi Datou · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Dallol Bosso
Niger
- 57Birdyas Score
- 114Species
- 0Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1158034) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,384 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 |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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