Bird AlbumSenegal · Kaolack
Hotel Le Relais, Kaolack
171 species and 2,667 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 55 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black KiteMilvus migrans
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great EgretArdea alba
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Toubacouta – Mangrove et brousse57 km260 species
- PN du Delta du Saloum – Mangroves Toubacouta/Sipo60 km260 species
All 171 species recorded here
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hotel Le Relais, Kaolack?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 55 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hotel Le Relais, Kaolack?
171 species, from 2,667 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hotel Le Relais, Kaolack in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Reef Heron, Slender-billed Gull, Laughing Dove, Pink-backed Pelican and Reed Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.