Tunisia Ramsar wetland
Sidi El Barrak Dam
83 bird species recorded; the most in April and in June.
Majbri wael · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.22 species in February.2 species in March.54 species in April.10 species in May.58 species in June.21 species in July.8 species in August.4 species in September.7 species in October.1 species in November.2 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.
No records for this month.
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VUVUNTVUNo records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
83 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).
- 83Speciesrecorded more than once
- 24Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 437Recordsopen records within 15 km
- 8Raptors
- 5Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 40Songbirds
- 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 83 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
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Great titParus major
- African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenys
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European SwiftApus apus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Maghreb Green WoodpeckerPicus vaillantii
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
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 April and in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan14°/9°109 mm
- Feb14°/9°90 mm
- Mar16°/10°82 mm
- Apr19°/12°65 mm
- May22°/15°41 mm
- Jun27°/19°15 mm
- Jul30°/22°5 mm
- Aug30°/22°21 mm
- Sep27°/20°56 mm
- Oct24°/17°69 mm
- Nov19°/13°96 mm
- Dec15°/10°111 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sidi El Barrak Dam.
Dam in Tunisia
Sidi El Barrak Dam is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Tunisia.
83 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 437 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the European Serin and the Western Cattle Egret.
17 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in April and in June.
Get there and watch
- Djebel Abiodnearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Tabarka-Aïn Draham International Airport (TBJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 km in a straight lineCar hire at TUN airport (Tunis)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 Sidi El Barrak Dam.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas143 mountains within 25 kmDjebel Khroufa · 7.9 kmJebel Kheroufa · 12 kmJebel Oulad Bou Zid · 12 kmJebel Bou Nazerine · 14 kmArgoub el Hamrya · 18 kmJebel Khechine · 19 kmJebel Harbouna · 20 kmJebel el Jlimet · 22 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmSidi El Barrak Reservoir9.2 km² · 7.8 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.
Sidi El Barrak Dam
Tunisia
- 45Birdyas Score
- 83Species
- 24Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2885297) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 437 open bird records within 15 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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