Tunisia Ramsar wetland
El Haouareb Dam
66 bird species recorded; the most in January.
Hommi2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
40 species in January.27 species in February.24 species in March.2 species in April.7 species in May.13 species in June.10 species in July.0 species in August.31 species in September.0 species in October.2 species in November.20 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.
VU
VUVU
VUNo records for this month.
VUNo records for this month.
No 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
66 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).
- 66Speciesrecorded more than once
- 17Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 299Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 206 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Owls
- 4Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 10Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 32Songbirds
- 8Other 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 66 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenys
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- White-crowned Black WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
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 January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan15°/4°37 mm
- Feb17°/4°27 mm
- Mar20°/7°50 mm
- Apr24°/10°34 mm
- May29°/14°29 mm
- Jun34°/18°19 mm
- Jul38°/22°9 mm
- Aug37°/22°25 mm
- Sep31°/19°52 mm
- Oct27°/15°46 mm
- Nov20°/9°34 mm
- Dec16°/6°41 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
El Haouareb Dam.
Dam in Tunisia
El Haouareb Dam is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Tunisia, 206 m above the sea.
66 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 299 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Wheatear, the Long-legged Buzzard and the Rock Dove.
7 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Haffouznearest town · 9.2 km in a straight line
- Enfidha - Hammamet International Airport (NBE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 85 km in a straight lineCar hire at NBE airport (Enfidha)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 El Haouareb Dam.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas120 mountains within 25 kmArgoub el Arar · 10 kmArgoub el Ahrach · 12 kmArgoub el Hajel · 12 kmArgoub en Negrila · 13 kmDjebel Ousselat895 m · 22 kmDjebel Touati450 m · 22 kmArgoub Chourf · 23 kmArgoub ech Cherif · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
El Haouareb Dam
Tunisia
- 42Birdyas Score
- 66Species
- 17Migrants
- 1Threatened
Salt evaporation pond of Monastir
Tunisia · 94 km
- 64Birdyas Score
- 148Species
- 62Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2885025) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 299 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 | Peakyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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