Birds of Mauritania

List of Common Birds Found in Mauritania

Native Birds

• Abyssinian Roller
• African Black Duck
• African Collared Dove
• African Cuckoo
• African Fish Eagle
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Green Pigeon
• African Harrier-hawk
• African Hawk-eagle
• African Jacana
• African Mourning Dove
• African Palm Swift
• African Paradise Flycatcher
• African Pied Wagtail
• African Reed Warbler
• African Silverbill
• African Spoonbill
• African Stonechat
• African Swamphen
• African Thrush
• African Yellow White-eye
• Black Crake
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-headed Weaver
• Black Kite
• Black Stork
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black Tern
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
• Broad-billed Sandpiper
• Brown-necked Raven
• Brown Snake Eagle
• Brown-throated Martin
• Brown-throated Sand Martin
• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
• Chestnut-bellied Starling
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
• Collared Pratincole
• Common Hoopoe 
• Common Kestrel
• Double-spurred Francolin
• Egyptian Goose
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Gray Plover
• Great Cormorant
• Greater Flamingo
• Greater Honeyguide
• Greater Painted-Snipe
• Greater Sand Plover
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Green-winged Teal
• House Martin
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Lanner Falcon
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• Laughing Dove
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Lesser Flamingo
• Lesser Spotted Eagle
• Little Bittern
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Swift
• Long-tailed Cormorant
• Marsh Sandpiper
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Osprey
• Pied Kingfisher
• Plain-backed Pipit
• Purple Heron
• Red-billed Firefinch
• Red-billed Quelea
• Red-chested Swallow
• Red-eyed Dove
• Red-headed Quelea
• Red-necked Falcon
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Red-throated Diver
• Red-throated Pipit
• Rock Martin
• Ruff
• Rüppell’s Warbler
• Saharan Sparrow
• Sahel Paradise Whydah
• Senegal Parrot
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Spur-winged Lapwing
• Squacco Heron
• Tawny Eagle
• Terek Sandpiper
• Wattled Plover
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Western Yellow Wagtail
• White-billed Buffalo Weaver
• White-breasted Cormorant
• White-crowned Wheatear
• White-faced Whistling Duck
• White-tailed Lapwing 
• White-throated Bee-eater
• White Wagtail
• Yellow-billed Kite
• Yellow-crowned Bishop
• Yellow-fronted Canary

Non-native Birds

• Corn Bunting
• Eurasian Siskin
• Heuglin’s Wheatear
• House Sparrow
• Mountain Wagtail
• Mourning Wheatear
• Moussier’s Redstart
• Purple Starling
• Zebra Waxbill

Some of the notable birding sites of Mauritania include Diawling National Park, Aoukar Village, and Banc d’Arguin National Park. The last one is notable as it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The peak season for birdwatching in Mauritania is generally during winter, specifically from November to February.