Senegal Ramsar wetland
Langue de Barbarie National Park
203 bird species recorded; the most from December to February.
Radosław Botev · Attribution
This month here
156 species in January.145 species in February.138 species in March.141 species in April.70 species in May.94 species in June.48 species in July.41 species in August.97 species in September.119 species in October.128 species in November.157 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
203 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).
- 203Speciesrecorded more than once
- 97Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,643Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 12Raptors
- 1Owls
- 32Waders
- 23Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 21Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 65Songbirds
- 43Other 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 203 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Waders32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Cape Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Gulls & seabirds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds65 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Long-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Black Scrub-robinCercotrichas podobe
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Other birds43 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Sahelian WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- European SwiftApus apus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Pterocles exustusPterocles exustus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Bruce's Green-PigeonTreron waalia
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
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 December to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/15°3 mm
- Feb30°/16°9 mm
- Mar33°/17°38 mm
- Apr33°/18°2 mm
- May34°/19°0 mm
- Jun34°/22°10 mm
- Jul33°/24°65 mm
- Aug32°/25°123 mm
- Sep33°/25°109 mm
- Oct34°/24°20 mm
- Nov33°/20°1 mm
- Dec30°/17°0 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Langue de Barbarie National Park.
National park in Senegal
Langue de Barbarie National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Senegal.
203 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,643 open records.
The most recorded are the Lesser Black-backed Gull, the Grey-headed Gull and the Western Reef Heron.
36 species come for the summer, 58 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Hooded Vulture.
The most species are recorded from December to February.
Get there and watch
- Zebrabarcampsite · 2.5 km · 2 within 10 km
- Zebrabarplace to stay · 2.6 km · 8 within 10 km
- Saint-Louisnearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 143 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmTour d'observation Zebrabar
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmZebrabar, 7Palava
- 8places to stay within 10 kmZebrabar, Le Heron Gris, Campement teranga and 5 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Langue de Barbarie National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmAnse de Ndel · 8.5 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Langue de Barbarie National Park
Senegal
- 75Birdyas Score
- 203Species
- 97Migrants
- 5Threatened
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Senegal · 63 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 305Species
- 194Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q969752) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,643 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 |
| Sister atlases | Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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