Senegal · Tambacounda Region
PN du Niokolo-Koba
276 species and 2,655 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus56 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 276 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Campement de Wassadou58 km295 species
All 276 species recorded here
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN du Niokolo-Koba?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN du Niokolo-Koba?
276 species, from 2,655 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN du Niokolo-Koba in November?
The most recorded in November: Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Western Red-billed Hornbill, Hadada Ibis, Pied Kingfisher and Abyssinian Roller.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.