Birds of Mauritania

Mauritania is a West African country belonging to the Arab world. It has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. 90% of the country lies in the Sahara, the remaining parts are assigned to the Sahel. In general, Mauritania is a flat country with some prominent inselbergs. The highest elevation, the Kediet Ijill, reaches 915 m. The bird life is dominated by migratory birds from the north who winter here. There are two national parks, both near the coast. The Banc d'Arguinist National Park has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an important wintering area. Diawling National Park is Ramsar territory and is located in the delta of the Senegal River. BirdLife International has designated a total of more than 20 IBAs (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas) for Mauritania. Tourism is struggling for a variety of reasons. It makes one think that slavery only became a criminal offense in 2007 and that the first peaceful transfer of power since independence took place in 2019.

This E-book bird guide for "Mauritania" has been built at 23.02.2025, based upon our data base and our image archive using our default settings, and saved in two formats. Thereby it is made sure that the e-book can be displayed on virtually all devices and if applicable be printed out with a compact page size.
A free online-preview to the main section of the bird guide to Mauritania - of course at today's state of the data base and the archive - is available at Bird guides customized. There you can not only obtain the current edition of "Birds of Mauritania", but also modify the form in many ways.
Cover image Golden Nightjar, Drawing: J.G.Keulemans

Primary language English, secondary languages German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
All 360 species are illustrated. In addition, links to HD videos of 133 bird species (1h 25m 33s) and audios of 57 bird species (39m 37s) are included. The assessment of the global conservation status of bird species uses the criteria of the Red List (IUCN) 2012.
The scientific system follows Clements et al. 2017.
An index, name registers in all selected languages and a scientific name register, all completely linked.
PDF E-book in page-based format A5: 144 pages, 24.04 MiB.
ePub E-book in flowable format for all devices with ePub reader: 20.99 MiB.

A paperback version of this bird guide is available from Amazon (ISBN: 9798370220012).
Also you can obtain a Kindle edition from Amazon (ASIN: B0BQFWZH7V).
© Wolfgang J. Daunicht 2025