Birds of Senegal

Senegal hosts 516 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.

Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Great EgretArdea alba
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Little SwiftApus affinis
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
African DarterAnhinga rufa
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Common RedshankTringa totanus
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Little StintCalidris minuta
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Common TernSterna hirundo
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Striated HeronButorides striata
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
RuffCalidris pugnax
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Black TernChlidonias niger
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
DunlinCalidris alpina
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black StorkCiconia nigra
SanderlingCalidris alba
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
BrubruNilaus afer
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Common SwiftApus apus
Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha
Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
Mali FirefinchLagonosticta virata
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Horus SwiftApus horus
Sun LarkGalerida modesta
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
White-throated FrancolinCampocolinus albogularis
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Boyd's ShearwaterPuffinus boydi
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
Turati's BoubouLaniarius turatii
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
Western NicatorNicator chloris
Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
GadwallMareca strepera
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
European RollerCoracias garrulus
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Common PochardAythya ferina
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Marsh OwlAsio capensis
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.