Bird AlbumSenegal · Saint-Louis
Plaine de (dé)crue du fleuve Sénégal
216 species and 4,105 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bango – Djeuss et berges jusqu'à Sanar3 km216 species
- Bango – Digue et marais3 km184 species
- Les Trois Marigots – Brousses de Toddé9 km228 species
- Les Trois Marigots – Digue de Tilla12 km178 species
- Diama14 km81 species
- PN Langue de Barbarie – Zebrabar27 km182 species
All 216 species recorded here
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Plaine de (dé)crue du fleuve Sénégal?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Plaine de (dé)crue du fleuve Sénégal?
216 species, from 4,105 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Plaine de (dé)crue du fleuve Sénégal in November?
The most recorded in November: Spur-winged Lapwing, Grey Heron, Gull-billed Tern, Eurasian Spoonbill and Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.