Tunisia Ramsar wetland
Ras R'mal
80 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Bilel Hawari · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
30 species in January.45 species in February.42 species in March.29 species in April.12 species in May.0 species in June.10 species in July.21 species in August.46 species in September.35 species in October.29 species in November.54 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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No records for this month.
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NTVUNTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
80 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).
- 80Speciesrecorded more than once
- 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 801Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2Raptors
- 1Owls
- 21Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 24Songbirds
- 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 80 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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- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders21 species
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- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
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- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
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 December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan15°/11°16 mm
- Feb16°/11°17 mm
- Mar18°/13°25 mm
- Apr20°/16°14 mm
- May23°/19°9 mm
- Jun27°/22°4 mm
- Jul30°/25°1 mm
- Aug30°/26°4 mm
- Sep29°/25°26 mm
- Oct26°/22°28 mm
- Nov21°/18°33 mm
- Dec17°/13°34 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ras R'mal.
Cape in Tunisia
Ras R'mal is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Tunisia.
80 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 801 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Slender-billed Gull and the Yellow-legged Gull.
5 species come for the summer, 33 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, European Turtle Dove and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Radisson Blu Palace Resort & Thalassoplace to stay · 4.7 km · 103 within 10 km
- Houmt Souknearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Djerba Zarzis International Airport (DJE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 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
- 1bird hides within 6 kmObservation des oiseaux
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 103places to stay within 10 kmRadisson Blu Palace Resort & Thalasso, Ulysse Djerba Thalasso & Spa, فندق دار علي and 100 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- campsites 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 Ras R'mal.
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 · 17 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.
Ras R'mal
Tunisia
- 52Birdyas Score
- 80Species
- 38Migrants
- 3Threatened
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- 3Threatened
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- 64Birdyas Score
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3419776) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 801 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, Islandyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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