Gambia Ramsar wetland
Niumi National Park
100 bird species recorded; the most in February.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
47 species in January.81 species in February.29 species in March.1 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.2 species in July.0 species in August.1 species in September.11 species in October.65 species in November.3 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
100 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).
- 100Speciesrecorded more than once
- 36Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 416Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 11Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 30Songbirds
- 31Other 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 100 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- LannerFalco biarmicus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
Waders11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Bruce's Green-PigeonTreron waalia
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Bearded BarbetLybius dubius
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
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 February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan32°/16°1 mm
- Feb34°/17°0 mm
- Mar37°/18°5 mm
- Apr38°/20°2 mm
- May37°/21°4 mm
- Jun35°/23°74 mm
- Jul31°/24°187 mm
- Aug30°/24°306 mm
- Sep30°/24°231 mm
- Oct31°/24°67 mm
- Nov32°/20°3 mm
- Dec32°/17°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Niumi National Park.
National park
Niumi National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Gambia.
100 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 416 open records.
The most recorded are the Osprey, the Black Kite and the Rose-ringed Parakeet.
2 species come for the summer, 31 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Vulture.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Mr. B's Hippie Campingcampsite · 10 km · 1 within 10 km
- Camp Paradise Islandplace to stay · 2.4 km · 11 within 10 km
- Karang Postenearest town · 9.3 km in a straight line
- Banjul International Airport (BJL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 30 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
- 1campsites within 10 kmMr. B's Hippie Camping
- 11places to stay within 10 kmCamp Paradise Island, Jinack Lodge, Feel Free Lodge and 8 more
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Niumi National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmLeba · 7.4 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Niumi National Park
Gambia
- 49Birdyas Score
- 100Species
- 36Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q922736) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 416 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 | Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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