Gambia Ramsar wetland
Tanbi Wetland Complex
367 bird species recorded; the most from November to January.
Wolfgang Weigelt from Berlin, Germany · CC BY 2.0
This month here
332 species in January.307 species in February.301 species in March.271 species in April.174 species in May.146 species in June.199 species in July.167 species in August.145 species in September.245 species in October.331 species in November.340 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
367 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).
- 367Speciesrecorded more than once
- 149Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 12ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 55,626Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 37Raptors
- 7Owls
- 33Waders
- 23Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 25Herons, ibises & grebes
- 5Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 144Songbirds
- 88Other 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 367 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- African hobbyFalco cuvierii
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVU
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- ShikraAccipiter badius
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCR
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- African Great-horned OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
- Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Greyish Eagle-owlBubo cinerascens
Waders33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Gulls & seabirds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
Storks & cranes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavoninaVU
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds144 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Fanti SawwingPsalidoprocne obscura
- Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Lavender WaxbillEstrilda caerulescens
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
- Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Oriole-WarblerHypergerus atriceps
- Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Western Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-crowned Robin-chatCossypha albicapillus
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Yellow-throated LeafloveAtimastillas flavicollis
- Hylia prasinaHylia prasina
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red-tailed LeaflovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Bronze-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Red-winged WarblerHeliolais erythropterus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Pentholaea albifronsPentholaea albifrons
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
- Heuglin's Masked-WeaverPloceus heuglini
- Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Yellow-mantled WhydahEuplectes macroura
- Parus guineensisParus guineensis
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Estrilda coerulescensEstrilda coerulescens
- Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
- African Blue-flycatcherElminia longicauda
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
- Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
Other birds88 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Violet TuracoMusophaga violaceaNT
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Green TuracoTauraco persa
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Bearded BarbetLybius dubius
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Pardipicus nivosusPardipicus nivosus
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
- Striped CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- Bruce's Green-PigeonTreron waalia
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustusVU
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVU
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Black-bellied KorhaanLissotis melanogaster
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Shining Blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/19°2 mm
- Feb27°/18°2 mm
- Mar27°/18°16 mm
- Apr26°/19°4 mm
- May27°/21°2 mm
- Jun28°/25°45 mm
- Jul28°/26°169 mm
- Aug28°/26°290 mm
- Sep28°/26°224 mm
- Oct30°/27°67 mm
- Nov30°/24°6 mm
- Dec28°/21°2 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Tanbi Wetland Complex.
Protected area
Tanbi Wetland Complex is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Gambia.
367 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 55,626 open records.
The most recorded are the Hooded Vulture, the Pied Crow and the Black Kite.
32 species come for the summer, 114 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
12 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Vulture, Grey Plover and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- Alkali Jallow Kundacampsite · 7.5 km · 1 within 10 km
- mandiariplace to stay · 4.1 km · 90 within 10 km
- Abukonearest town · 4.5 km in a straight line
- Banjul International Airport (BJL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 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
- 5observation towers within 6 km
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmAlkali Jallow Kunda
- 90places to stay within 10 kmmandiari, route to mandiari, Jeng Kunda and 87 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Tanbi Wetland Complex
Gambia
- 90Birdyas Score
- 367Species
- 149Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1253433) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 55,626 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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