Senegal Ramsar wetland
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
305 bird species recorded; the most from January to February.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
253 species in January.271 species in February.225 species in March.178 species in April.88 species in May.0 species in June.48 species in July.5 species in August.61 species in September.170 species in October.239 species in November.242 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
305 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 305Speciesrecorded more than once
- 194Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 38,024Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 27Raptors
- 5Owls
- 41Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 15Ducks & geese
- 25Herons, ibises & grebes
- 5Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 107Songbirds
- 65Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 305 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Red-headed FalconFalco chicqueraNT
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVU
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVU
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- African Great-horned OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Waders41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Ducks & geese15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Herons, ibises & grebes25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Storks & cranes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavoninaVU
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds107 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Black Scrub-robinCercotrichas podobe
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Greater Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Northern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus baeticatus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Spiloptila clamansSpiloptila clamans
Other birds65 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsNT
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- European SwiftApus apus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Sahelian WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhamiNT
- Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
- Bearded BarbetLybius dubius
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/16°2 mm
- Feb28°/16°9 mm
- Mar30°/17°24 mm
- Apr30°/18°1 mm
- May31°/19°0 mm
- Jun32°/22°8 mm
- Jul32°/25°45 mm
- Aug32°/26°102 mm
- Sep32°/26°91 mm
- Oct33°/24°15 mm
- Nov32°/21°1 mm
- Dec29°/18°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary.
National park in Senegal
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Senegal.
305 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 38,024 open records.
The most recorded are the White-faced Whistling-duck, the Spur-winged Lapwing and the Sand Martin.
19 species come for the summer, 169 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Black Crowned Crane, Curlew Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from January to February.
Get there and watch
- Hôtel du Djoudjplace to stay · 0.2 km · 3 within 10 km
- Ross-Bétionearest town · 17 km in a straight line
- Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 206 km in a straight lineCar hire at DSS airport (Dakar)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3places to stay within 10 kmHôtel du Djoudj, Campement Njagabaar, Campement Bidiel
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Senegal
- 89Birdyas Score
- 305Species
- 194Migrants
- 10Threatened
Langue de Barbarie National Park
Senegal · 63 km
- 75Birdyas Score
- 203Species
- 97Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q733676) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 38,024 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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