List of Birds of Senegal

List Of Birds Of Senegal

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Senegal. The avifauna of Senegal includes a total of 664 species, of which one has been introduced by humans, and eight are rare or accidental. One species listed is extirpated in Senegal, and is not included in the species count. Seven species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Senegal.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Senegal.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Senegal as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
  • (Ex) Extirpated A species that no longer occurs in Senegal although populations exist elsewhere.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Ostriches • Grebes • Shearwaters and Petrels • Storm-Petrels • Tropicbirds • Pelicans • Boobies and Gannets • Cormorants • Darters • Frigatebirds • Bitterns, Herons and Egrets • Hammerkop • Storks • Ibises and Spoonbills • Flamingos • Ducks, Geese and Swans • Osprey • Hawks, Kites and Eagles • Secretary-bird • Caracaras and Falcons • Pheasants and Partridges • Guineafowl • Buttonquails • Cranes • Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots • Sungrebe and Finfoots • Bustards • Jacanas • Painted snipe • Oystercatchers • Avocets and Stilts • Thick-knees • Pratincoles and Coursers • Plovers and Lapwings • Sandpipers and allies • Skuas and Jaegers • Gulls • Terns • Skimmers • Sandgrouse • Pigeons and Doves • Parrots, Macaws and allies • Turacos • Cuckoos and Anis • Barn owls • Typical owls • Nightjars • Swifts • Mousebirds • Kingfishers • Bee-eaters • Typical Rollers • Hoopoes • Woodhoopoes • Hornbills • Barbets • Honeyguides • Woodpeckers and allies •

Passerines: Larks • Swallows and Martins • Wagtails and Pipits • Cuckoo-shrikes • Bulbuls • Thrushes and allies • Cisticolas and allies • Old World warblers • Old World flycatchers • Wattle-eyes • Monarch flycatchers • Babblers • Chickadees and Titmice • Treecreepers • Penduline tits • Sunbirds and Spiderhunters • White-eyes • Old World Orioles • Shrikes • Bushshrikes and allies • Helmetshrikes • Drongos • Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies • Starlings • Weavers and allies • Waxbills and allies • Indigobirds • Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies • Siskins, Crossbills and allies • Sparrows

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Senegal:  Ostriches, Grebes, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Hammerkop, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Secretary-bird, Caracaras and Falcons, Pheasants and Partridges, Guineafowl, Buttonquails, Cranes, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Sungrebe and Finfoots, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted Snipe, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Pratincoles and Coursers, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Turacos, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Mousebirds, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Typical Rollers, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, Hornbills, Barbets, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers and Allies, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Thrushes and Allies, Cisticolas and Allies, Old World Warblers, Old World Flycatchers, Wattle-eyes, Monarch Flycatchers, Babblers, Chickadees and Titmice, Treecreepers, Penduline Tits, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters, White-eyes, Old World Orioles, Shrikes, Bushshrikes and Allies, Helmetshrikes, Drongos, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Starlings, Weavers and Allies, Waxbills and Allies, Indigobirds, Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies, Siskins, Crossbills and Allies, Sparrows

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