Bird AlbumSenegal · Fatick
Toubacouta – Mangrove et brousse
260 species and 7,838 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and October, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Striated HeronButorides striata77 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 260 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN du Delta du Saloum – Mangroves Toubacouta/Sipo3 km260 species
- Fajara Golf Club43 km256 species
- Kotu Creek43 km322 species
- Kotu43 km300 species
- Kotu Creek – Bridge and Mouth44 km293 species
- Senegambia Hotel Gardens and Beach46 km270 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Toubacouta – Mangrove et brousse?
January and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Toubacouta – Mangrove et brousse?
260 species, from 7,838 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Toubacouta – Mangrove et brousse in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Reef Heron, Senegal Parrot, Laughing Dove, Long-tailed Glossy Starling and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.