Senegal bird checklist
614 bird species in 99 families have been recorded in Senegal, according to eBird; about 347 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Senegal right now
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Black Kite
3Caspian Tern
4Black-headed Weaver
5Spur-winged Lapwing
6Pied Crow
7African Silverbill
8Western Reef-Heron
9African Gray Hornbill
10Lesser Black-backed Gull
Senegal bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Knob-billed Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- Common Shelduck
- Spur-winged Goose
- Muscovy Duck
- African Pygmy-Goose
- Garganey
- Blue-winged Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Marbled Duck
- Common Pochard
- Ferruginous Duck
- Tufted Duck
- Common Scoter
Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl
New World Quail
- Stone Partridge
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- White-throated Francolin
- Common Quail
- Harlequin Quail
- Ahanta Spurfowl
- Double-spurred Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Speckled Pigeon
- European Turtle-Dove
- Adamawa Turtle-Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- African Collared-Dove
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Red-eyed Dove
- Vinaceous Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Bruce's Green-Pigeon
- African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Four-banded Sandgrouse
Bustards
- Arabian Bustard
- Denham's Bustard
- White-bellied Bustard
- Savile's Bustard
- Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
- Western Plantain-eater
- Violet Turaco
- Guinea Turaco
Cuckoos
- Black-throated Coucal
- Senegal Coucal
- Black Coucal
- Blue Malkoha
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Levaillant's Cuckoo
- Pied Cuckoo
- Dideric Cuckoo
- Klaas's Cuckoo
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- African Cuckoo
- Common Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Red-necked Nightjar
- Eurasian Nightjar
- Egyptian Nightjar
- Golden Nightjar
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Plain Nightjar
- Freckled Nightjar
- Long-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
- Mottled Spinetail
- Alpine Swift
- Mottled Swift
- Common Swift
- Pallid Swift
- Little Swift
- Horus Swift
- White-rumped Swift
- African Palm Swift
Flufftails
- White-spotted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- African Crake
- Spotted Crake
- Lesser Moorhen
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- Allen's Gallinule
- African Swamphen
- Black Crake
- Little Crake
- Baillon's Crake
Finfoots
- African Finfoot
Cranes
- Black Crowned-Crane
- Common Crane
Thick-knees
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Eurasian Thick-knee
- Senegal Thick-knee
Egyptian Plover
- Egyptian Plover
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- European Golden-Plover
- American Golden-Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Forbes's Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Black-headed Lapwing
- White-crowned Lapwing
- Wattled Lapwing
- Kittlitz's Plover
- White-fronted Plover
- Kentish Plover
Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-Snipe
Jacanas
- Lesser Jacana
- African Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Jack Snipe
- Great Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
Buttonquail
- Small Buttonquail
- Quail-plover
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Temminck's Courser
- Cream-colored Courser
- Collared Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Great Skua
- South Polar Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Little Gull
- Sabine's Gull
- Slender-billed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Gray-hooded Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Audouin's Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Common Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- African Skimmer
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Common Tern
- Roseate Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Lesser Crested Tern
- West African Crested Tern
Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo
- Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Eared Grebe
Tropicbirds
- Red-billed Tropicbird
Southern Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- White-faced Storm-Petrel
Northern Storm-Petrels
- European Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel
- Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Cory's Shearwater
- Scopoli's Shearwater
- Cape Verde Shearwater
- Great Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Manx Shearwater
- Balearic Shearwater
- Barolo Shearwater
- Boyd's Shearwater
Storks
- Black Stork
- Abdim's Stork
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- White Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Marabou Stork
- Yellow-billed Stork
Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
Anhingas
- African Darter
Cormorants and Shags
- Reed Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
- African Sacred Ibis
- Hadada Ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- African Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- White-crested Tiger-Heron
- Eurasian Bittern
- Dwarf Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black Heron
- Little Egret
- Western Reef-Heron
- White-backed Night Heron
- Little Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Gray Heron
- Purple Heron
- Black-headed Heron
- Goliath Heron
Hamerkop
- Hamerkop
Pelicans
- Great White Pelican
- Pink-backed Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Scissor-tailed Kite
- Black-winged Kite
- African Harrier-Hawk
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Egyptian Vulture
- African Cuckoo-Hawk
- European Honey-buzzard
- White-headed Vulture
- Cinereous Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Hooded Vulture
- White-backed Vulture
- Rüppell's Griffon
- Eurasian Griffon
- Bateleur
- Western Banded Snake-Eagle
- Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Brown Snake-Eagle
- Crowned Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- Long-crested Eagle
- Wahlberg's Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Tawny Eagle
- Bonelli's Eagle
- African Hawk-Eagle
- Bat Hawk
- Gabar Goshawk
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk
- Lizard Buzzard
- African Goshawk
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
- Shikra
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk
- Black Goshawk
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Pallid Harrier
- Montagu's Harrier
- Black Kite
- African Fish-Eagle
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Red-necked Buzzard
- Common Buzzard
- Long-legged Buzzard
Barn-Owls
- Western Barn Owl
Owls
- Eurasian Scops-Owl
- African Scops-Owl
- Northern White-faced Owl
- Grayish Eagle-Owl
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
- Pel's Fishing-Owl
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- African Wood-Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
- Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons
- Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
- Green Woodhoopoe
- Black Scimitarbill
Hornbills
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
- West African Pied Hornbill
- African Gray Hornbill
- Western Red-billed Hornbill
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill
- Piping Hornbill
Bee-eaters
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Little Bee-eater
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
- White-throated Bee-eater
- African Green Bee-eater
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Shining-blue Kingfisher
- Malachite Kingfisher
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- Gray-headed Kingfisher
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher
- Striped Kingfisher
- Giant Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
Rollers
- European Roller
- Abyssinian Roller
- Purple Roller
- Blue-bellied Roller
- Broad-billed Roller
African Barbets
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
- Vieillot's Barbet
- Bearded Barbet
Honeyguides
- Brown-backed Honeybird
- Willcocks's Honeyguide
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Spotted Honeyguide
- Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Little Gray Woodpecker
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- African Gray Woodpecker
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker
- Green-backed Woodpecker
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Fox Kestrel
- Gray Kestrel
- Red-necked Falcon
- Red-footed Falcon
- Amur Falcon
- Eurasian Hobby
- African Hobby
- Lanner Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Old World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Budgerigar
New World and African Parrots
- Brown-necked Parrot
- Senegal Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- African Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye
- Senegal Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
- White-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
- Brubru
- Northern Puffback
- Black-crowned Tchagra
- Turati's Boubou
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
- Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
- Sharpe's Drongo
- Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
- Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
- Yellow-billed Shrike
- Great Gray Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Piapiac
- Pied Crow
- Brown-necked Raven
Hyliotas
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
- African Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- White-shouldered Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits
- Sennar Penduline-Tit
- Yellow Penduline-Tit
Larks
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark
- Rufous-rumped Lark
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
- Kordofan Lark
- Singing Bushlark
- Flappet Lark
- Sun Lark
- Crested Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
Nicators
- Western Nicator
African Warblers
- Green Crombec
- Northern Crombec
- Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Senegal Eremomela
- Green-backed Camaroptera
- Cricket Longtail
- Yellow-breasted Apalis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- River Prinia
- Red-winged Prinia
- Oriole Warbler
- Red-faced Cisticola
- Singing Cisticola
- Whistling Cisticola
- Dorst's Cisticola
- Winding Cisticola
- Croaking Cisticola
- Siffling Cisticola
- Rufous Cisticola
- Zitting Cisticola
- Desert Cisticola
- Black-backed Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Western Olivaceous Warbler
- Melodious Warbler
- Aquatic Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Common Reed Warbler
- Greater Swamp Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- Savi's Warbler
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
Swallows
- Fanti Sawwing
- Gray-rumped Swallow
- Plain Martin
- Bank Swallow
- Eurasian Crag-Martin
- Red-throated Crag-Martin
- Pied-winged Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Red-chested Swallow
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Western House-Martin
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- African Red-rumped Swallow
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Rufous-chested Swallow
- Mosque Swallow
- Preuss's Swallow
Bulbuls
- Slender-billed Greenbul
- Gray-headed Bristlebill
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul
- Swamp Greenbul
- Simple Greenbul
- Little Greenbul
- White-throated Greenbul
- Leaf-love
- Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
- Western Bonelli's Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Common Chiffchaff
- Iberian Chiffchaff
Hylias
- Green Hylia
Sylviid Warblers and Allies
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Western Orphean Warbler
- Sardinian Warbler
- Moltoni's Warbler
- Western Subalpine Warbler
- Greater Whitethroat
- Spectacled Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Northern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
- Brown Illadopsis
- Puvel's Illadopsis
Laughingthrushes and Allies
- Fulvous Chatterer
- Capuchin Babbler
- Brown Babbler
- Blackcap Babbler
Oxpeckers
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings
- Violet-backed Starling
- Neumann's Starling
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling
- Splendid Starling
- Chestnut-bellied Starling
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Purple Starling
- Bronze-tailed Starling
Thrushes and Allies
- African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Swamp Flycatcher
- Pale Flycatcher
- White-browed Forest-Flycatcher
- Gray Tit-Flycatcher
- Northern Black-Flycatcher
- White-tailed Alethe
- Black Scrub-Robin
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
- White-crowned Robin-Chat
- Common Nightingale
- Bluethroat
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Common Redstart
- Black Redstart
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Blue Rock-Thrush
- Whinchat
- African Stonechat
- Mocking Cliff-Chat
- Northern Anteater-Chat
- Northern Wheatear
- Atlas Wheatear
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Heuglin's Wheatear
- Desert Wheatear
- Western Black-eared Wheatear
- White-fronted Black-Chat
- Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
- Mouse-brown Sunbird
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- Pygmy Sunbird
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Olive Sunbird
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Olive-bellied Sunbird
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Splendid Sunbird
- Variable Sunbird
- Copper Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
- White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
- Blue-billed Malimbe
- Red-headed Weaver
- Little Weaver
- Olive-naped Weaver
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver
- Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
- Village Weaver
- Black-headed Weaver
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-billed Quelea
- Northern Red Bishop
- Black-winged Bishop
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Waxbills and Allies
- Bronze Mannikin
- Magpie Mannikin
- African Silverbill
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
- Lavender Waxbill
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
- Black-rumped Waxbill
- Quailfinch
- Cut-throat
- Zebra Waxbill
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
- Western Bluebill
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Red-winged Pytilia
- Dybowski's Twinspot
- Red-billed Firefinch
- African Firefinch
- Mali Firefinch
- Black-bellied Firefinch
- Bar-breasted Firefinch
- Black-faced Firefinch
Whydahs and Indigobirds
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Sahel Paradise-Whydah
- Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah
- Village Indigobird
- Wilson's Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
- Sudan Golden Sparrow
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
- Sahel Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- African Pied Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Tawny Pipit
- Plain-backed Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- White-rumped Seedeater
- Yellow-fronted Canary
Old World Buntings
- Brown-rumped Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Cabanis's Bunting
- Gosling's Bunting
Most common birds in Senegal
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Senegal’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularis
- African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Largest bird families in Senegal
Among its regular birds.
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers21
- Sandpipers and Allies20
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites17
- Waxbills and Allies15
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns14
- Pigeons and Doves14
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl14
- Weavers and Allies12
Reported in the last 30 days
237 species reported to eBird in Senegal in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Senegal Eremomela, Black-headed Weaver, African Silverbill, Western Reef-Heron, Western Cattle-Egret, Black Kite, Western Red-billed Hornbill, African Gray Hornbill, Great White Pelican, Great Cormorant, Common Bulbul, Caspian Tern, Eurasian Whimbrel, Spur-winged Lapwing, Red-necked Falcon, Pied Crow, Northern Wheatear, Little Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Red-billed Firefinch, Zitting Cisticola, Beautiful Sunbird, Black-crowned Tchagra, Black-headed Lapwing, Blue-naped Mousebird, Black Scrub-Robin, Cut-throat, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Green-backed Camaroptera, Greater Whitethroat, Green-winged Pytilia, Northern Gray-headed Sparrow, Helmeted Guineafowl, Hooded Vulture, Laughing Dove, Little Bee-eater, Little Swift, Little Weaver, Melodious Warbler, …
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Common Bulbul
Great Cormorant
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Little Swift
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Northern Wheatear
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Village Weaver
Osprey
Great Egret
Crested Lark
Reed Cormorant
Rock Pigeon
Sandwich Tern
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Little Egret
House Sparrow
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Common Tern