Senegal · Thiès Region
RN de Somone
196 species and 3,352 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis29 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 196 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- RN de Popenguine5 km227 species
- RN Technopole46 km217 species
- Ngor – Hotel Le Calao54 km166 species
All 196 species recorded here
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at RN de Somone?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at RN de Somone?
196 species, from 3,352 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at RN de Somone in November?
The most recorded in November: Osprey, Eurasian Whimbrel, Grey Heron, Pink-backed Pelican and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.