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Mauritania

Birds, destinations and field guides for Mauritania.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 468
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 2

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Birds you are likely to see in Mauritania

Woodchat Shrike

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus

Spotted Thick-knee

Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

Common Redstart

Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Eurasian Scops Owl

Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops

Eurasian Curlew

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Spotted Redshank

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Great Cormorant

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Plan

Where to go birding in Mauritania

Banc d’Arguin National Park

Mauritania Banc d’Arguin National Park Desert meets ocean: one of the world's great wintering sites for shorebirds.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Best
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Good
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

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Field guides for Mauritania

Birds of Western Africa

Birds of Western Africa Nik Borrow et al., 2005 Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and more All levels

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara J. C. Sinclair et al., 2004 Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon and more Travelling birders