Tunisia Ramsar wetland
Gulf of Boughrara
99 bird species recorded; the most in April and from November to December.
Touzrimounir · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
30 species in January.35 species in February.49 species in March.59 species in April.2 species in May.0 species in June.4 species in July.50 species in August.0 species in September.29 species in October.59 species in November.55 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
99 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).
- 99Speciesrecorded more than once
- 42Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 979Recordsopen records within 15 km
- 2Raptors
- 1Owls
- 20Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 44Songbirds
- 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 99 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Owls1 species
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- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders20 species
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- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds11 species
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- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Ducks & geese3 species
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- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
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- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
Storks & cranes1 species
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- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
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- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds44 species
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- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds8 species
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- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
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 from November to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan16°/7°13 mm
- Feb17°/7°17 mm
- Mar21°/10°22 mm
- Apr24°/13°14 mm
- May28°/17°10 mm
- Jun32°/20°4 mm
- Jul35°/23°0 mm
- Aug35°/24°3 mm
- Sep32°/22°24 mm
- Oct28°/19°26 mm
- Nov22°/13°34 mm
- Dec17°/9°32 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Gulf of Boughrara.
Bay
Gulf of Boughrara is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Tunisia.
99 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 979 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-legged Gull, the Lanius excubitor and the Little Egret.
8 species come for the summer, 33 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in April and from November to December.
Get there and watch
- Ajimnearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Djerba Zarzis International Airport (DJE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at DJE airport (Mellita)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 Gulf of Boughrara.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmDhahret Adloun · 20 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.
Gulf of Boughrara
Tunisia
- 54Birdyas Score
- 99Species
- 42Migrants
- 3Threatened
Salt evaporation pond of Thyna
Tunisia · 118 km
- 55Birdyas Score
- 109Species
- 43Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2921569) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 979 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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