Bird AlbumSenegal · Saint-Louis
PN des Oiseaux du Djoudj
303 species and 20,351 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February and November, with up to 200 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great EgretArdea alba
Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
OspreyPandion haliaetusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PNOD – Marigot de Djoudj4 km163 species
- PN du Djoudj – Station biologique et environs6 km237 species
- Diawling National Park11 km198 species
- Diama27 km81 species
- Plaine de (dé)crue du fleuve Sénégal39 km216 species
- Les Trois Marigots – Digue de Tilla40 km178 species
All 303 species recorded here
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglinii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN des Oiseaux du Djoudj?
January–February and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 200 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN des Oiseaux du Djoudj?
303 species, from 20,351 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN des Oiseaux du Djoudj in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Yellow Wagtail, Great Cormorant, Sand Martin, Great Egret and Black Crowned Crane.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.