Birds in Tunisia
168 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Tunisia has 168 bird species recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 13 summer visitors, 44 winter visitors, 74 passage migrants and 18 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 29,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Tunisia in September
76 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Rock Dove
Resident
Blackbird
Resident
Spotted Flycatcher
Summer visitor
Great Grey Shrike
Resident
European Bee-eater
Summer visitor
Sardinian Warbler
Resident
Kestrel
Resident
Arriving in September: Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Stonechat, Great Cormorant, Common Starling, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Hoopoe and 27 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Tunisia each month: most in March (107), fewest in July (34). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–May
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr
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Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made