Nigeria Ramsar wetland
Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
61 bird species recorded; the most in December.
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This month here
0 species in January.16 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.27 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.56 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
61 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).
- 61Speciesrecorded more than once
- 5Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 289Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 345 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 5Waders
- 3Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 24Songbirds
- 19Other 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 61 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Waders5 species
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Ducks & geese3 species
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Songbirds24 species
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brevicaudata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Black Scrub-robinCercotrichas podobe
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Other birds19 species
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
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 December.
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
Hadejia-Nguru wetlands.
Wetland in northern Nigeria
Hadejia-Nguru wetlands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Nigeria, 345 m above the sea.
61 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 289 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-crowned Gonolek, the Red-billed Firefinch and the Spur-winged Lapwing.
0 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Gorgoramnearest town · 12 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.
Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Nigeria
- 37Birdyas Score
- 61Species
- 5Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1567395) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 289 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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