Checklist to the Birds of Senegal Total of species recorded: 668 Breeding species: 391 Vagrant species recorded: 84 ! Ostrich Struthio camelus ! Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ! Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus ! Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis ! Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae ! Zino’s Petrel Pterodroma madeira ! Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii ! Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis ! Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea diomedea ! Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii ! Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis ! Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus ! Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus ! Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus ! Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis baroli ! Cape Verde Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis boydi ! Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus ! White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina ! European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus ! Madeiran Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro ! Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa ! Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus ! Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus ! Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens ! Northern Gannet Morus bassanus ! Cape Gannet Morus capensis ! Brown Booby Sula leucogaster ! Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus ! Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus ! African Darter Anhinga rufa ! Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens ! Grey Heron Ardea cinerea ! Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala ! Goliath Heron Ardea goliath ! Purple Heron Ardea purpurea ! Great Egret Ardea alba ! Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca ! Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia ! Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis ! Little Egret Egretta garzetta ! Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides ! Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ! Striated Heron Butorides striata ! Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax ! White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus Updated on 21 October 2005 ! White-crested Bittern Tigriornis leucolophus ! Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus ! Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii ! Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris ! Hamerkop Scopus umbretta ! Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis ! African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus ! Black Stork Ciconia nigra ! Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii ! Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus ! White Stork Ciconia ciconia ! Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ! Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus ! Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus ! Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita ! Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash ! Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus ! Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia ! African Spoonbill Platalea alba ! Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus ! Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor ! Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor ! White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata ! White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus ! Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus ! Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ! Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis ! Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos ! African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus ! Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope ! American Wigeon Anas americana ! Gadwall Anas strepera ! Eurasian Teal Anas crecca ! Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ! Northern Pintail Anas acuta ! Garganey Anas querquedula ! Blue-winged Teal Anas discors ! Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata ! Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris ! Common Pochard Aythya ferina ! Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca ! Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula ! Osprey Pandion haliaetus ! African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides ! European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus ! Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus ! Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus ! African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii ! Black Kite Milvus migrans ! Yellow-billed (Black) Kite Milvus migrans parasitus Updated on 21 October 2005 ! African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer ! Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis ! Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus ! Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus ! White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus ! Rueppell’s Griffon Gyps rueppellii ! Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus ! Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus ! White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis ! Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus ! Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle Circaetus beaudouini ! Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus ! Smaller Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens ! Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus ! Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus ! Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus ! Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus ! African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus ! Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus ! Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates ! Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar ! Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii ! Shikra Accipiter badius ! Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus ! Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis ! Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus ! Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus ! Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis ! Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo ! Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus ! Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis ! Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax ! Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi ! Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciatus ! African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster ! Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus ! Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii ! Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus ! Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis ! Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus ! Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius ! Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni ! Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus ! Fox Kestrel Falco alopex ! Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus ! Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera ! Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus ! Merlin Falco columbarius ! Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo ! African Hobby Falco cuvierii Updated on 21 October 2005 ! Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus ! Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides ! Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus ! White-throated Francolin Francolinus albogularis ! Ahanta Francolin Francolinus ahantensis ! Double-spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus ! Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei ! Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus ! Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris ! Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica ! Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentotta ! Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii ! Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina ! White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra ! African Crake Crecopsis egregia ! Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris ! Little Crake Porzana parva ! Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla ! Spotted Crake Porzana porzana ! Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio ! Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni ! Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus ! Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata ! Eurasian Coot Fulica atra ! African Finfoot Podica senegalensis ! Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs ! Stanley Bustard Neotis denhami ! White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis ! Savile’s Bustard Eupodotis savilei ! Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster ! African Jacana Actophilornis africanus ! Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis ! African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini ! Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ! Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus ! Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ! Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus ! Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus ! Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis ! Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis ! Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius ! Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor ! Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii ! Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus ! Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola ! Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus ! Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus ! Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus ! White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps ! Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris Updated on 21 October 2005 ! Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus ! Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva ! American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica ! European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria ! Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola ! Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula ! Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius ! Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecuarius ! Forbes’s Plover Charadrius forbesi ! White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus ! Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus ! Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii ! Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus ! Great Snipe Gallinago media ! Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago ! Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa ! Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ! Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ! Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata ! Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus ! Common Redshank Tringa totanus ! Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis ! Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia ! Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus ! Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola ! Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus ! Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ! Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres ! Red Knot Calidris canutus ! Sanderling Calidris alba ! Little Stint Calidris minuta ! Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii ! Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii ! Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea ! Dunlin Calidris alpina ! Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus ! Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis ! Ruff Philomachus pugnax ! Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus ! Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius ! Great Skua Stercorarius skua ! Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus ! Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus ! Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus ! Common Gull Larus canus ! Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii ! Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis ! Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus ! Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus ! Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Updated on 21 October 2005 ! Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis ! Grey-headed Gull Larus