Benin Ramsar wetland
W National Park of Benin
43 bird species recorded; the most in July.
Farid AMADOU BAHLEMAN · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.5 species in February.0 species in March.5 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.39 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.5 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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NTCR- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
43 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).
- 43Speciesrecorded more than once
- 5Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 283Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 225 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 1Owls
- 2Waders
- 1Storks & cranes
- 29Songbirds
- 7Other 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 43 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVU
Owls1 species
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
Waders2 species
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Storks & cranes1 species
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
Songbirds29 species
- Red-tailed LeaflovePhyllastrephus scandens
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Baka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- 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
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- 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 birds7 species
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsNT
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- 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.
- Jan34°/16°0 mm
- Feb37°/19°1 mm
- Mar40°/23°5 mm
- Apr40°/26°24 mm
- May38°/26°62 mm
- Jun35°/24°98 mm
- Jul32°/23°151 mm
- Aug30°/22°208 mm
- Sep31°/22°133 mm
- Oct34°/22°45 mm
- Nov35°/19°2 mm
- Dec34°/16°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
W National Park of Benin.
National park in Benin
W National Park of Benin is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Benin, 225 m above the sea.
43 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 283 open records.
The most recorded are the Asian Woollyneck, the Red-tailed Leaflove and the White-crowned Lapwing.
0 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including White-backed Vulture and Scissor-tailed Kite.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 185 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.
Other places nearby.
W National Park of Benin
Benin
- 38Birdyas Score
- 43Species
- 5Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q64188731) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 283 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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