Most of the bird pictures on this page are from the Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, a fantastic bird sanctuary, about 60 km (37 miles) north of the Saint Louis. The Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nature pictures of Sénégal and other bird pages are linked:
![Swimming Savannah Monitor Nature in Senegal](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0827_100x67.gif)
Nature Page for Sénégal![Bird Pages Bird Pages](/images/MISC/bird_pages_100x67.gif)
Bird Pages
All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.
Birds in Sénégal
![Passerine (Passeriformes fam.) Passerine (Passeriformes fam.)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0183_100x67.gif)
?? Unknown Passerine bird (Passeriformes fam., german: Sperlingsvögel). (569k)
![Unknown Bird Flight Unknown Bird Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0237_100x67.gif)
?? Unknown bird in flight. (638k)
![Unknown Bird Flight Unknown Bird Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0468_100x67.gif)
?? Unknown bird in flight. (929k)
![African Collared Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) African Collared Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0453_100x67.gif)
African Collared Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea, german: Nordafrikanische Lachtaube, french: Tourterelle rieuse). (573k)
![Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0293_100x67.gif)
Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus, german: Messingglanzstar, french: Choucador de Swainson). (730k)
![White Wagtail ssp. alba (Motacilla alba alba) White Wagtail ssp. alba (Motacilla alba alba)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0469_100x67.gif)
White Wagtail ssp. alba (Motacilla alba alba, german: Bachstelze, french: Bergeronnette grise). (650k)
![Little Bee-eater ssp. pusillus (Merops pusillus pusillus) Little Bee-eater ssp. pusillus (Merops pusillus pusillus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0460_100x150.gif)
Little Bee-eater ssp. pusillus (Merops pusillus pusillus, german: Zwergspint, french: Guêpier nain). (642k)
![Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus) Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0561_100x67.gif)
Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus, german: Senegalracke, french: Rollier d'Abyssinie). (689k)
![Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0623_100x67.gif)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons, german: Zwergseeschwalbe, french: Sterne naine). (551k)
![Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0797_100x67.gif)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida, german: Weißbart-Seeschwalbe, french: Guifette moustac) in flight. (708k)
![Whiskered Tern Flight Whiskered Tern Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0799_100x67.gif)
Whiskered Tern in flight. (417k)
![Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0522_100x67.gif)
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus, german: Spornkiebitz, french: Vanneau à éperons). (843k)
![African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0470_100x67.gif)
African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus, german: Blaustirn-Blatthühnchen, french: Jacana à poitrine dorée). (792k)
![African Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) African Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0554_100x67.gif)
African Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis rudis, german: Graufischer, french: Martin-pêcheur pie), female at left and center. (1086k)
![African Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) African Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0551_100x150.gif)
Female African Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis, german: Graufischer, french: Martin-pêcheur pie). (800k)
![White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0541_100x67.gif)
Flock of White-faced Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna viduata, german: Witwenpfeifgans, french: Dendrocygne veuf) taking off. (719k)
![Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha) Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0467_100x150.gif)
Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, german: Mittelreiher, french: Héron intermédiaire), white, and Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides, german: Rallenreiher, french: Crabier chevelu). (1024k)
![Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0749_100x67.gif)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala, german: Schwarzhalsreiher, french: Héron mélanocéphale), left, and Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea, german: Graureiher, french: Héron cendré), right. (902k)
![Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha) Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0777_100x67.gif)
Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, german: Mittelreiher, french: Héron intermédiaire), right, Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides, german: Rallenreiher, french: Crabier chevelu), center, and Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea, german: Graureiher, french: Héron cendré), left. (1083k)
![Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea) Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0504_100x67.gif)
Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea, german: Graureiher, french: Héron cendré), right, Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia, german: Löffler, french: Spatule blanche), left, and African Spoonbill (Platalea alba, german: Schmalschnabellöffler, french: Spatule d'Afrique), next to Western Grey Heron. The African Spoonbill is just swallowing a fish. (749k)
![Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0514_100x67.gif)
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia, german: Löffler, french: Spatule blanche), back, and African Spoonbill (Platalea alba, german: Schmalschnabellöffler, french: Spatule d'Afrique), front, fishing. (638k)
![Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0502_100x150.gif)
Two Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia, german: Löffler, french: Spatule blanche). (609k)
![Eurasian Spoonbill Eurasian Spoonbill](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0486_100x67.gif)
Eurasian Spoonbill. (643k)
![African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0478_100x67.gif)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba, german: Schmalschnabellöffler, french: Spatule d'Afrique) hot in pursuit of fish. (734k)
![African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0485_100x67.gif)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba, german: Schmalschnabellöffler, french: Spatule d'Afrique) with a fresh caught fish. (723k)
![African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0839_100x67.gif)
African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus, german: Heiliger Ibis, french: Ibis sacré), with Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), foreground left, and Garganey Ducks (Spatula querquedula, german: Knäkente, french: Sarcelle d'été), foreground right. (765k)
![African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0782_100x67.gif)
African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus, german: Heiliger Ibis, french: Ibis sacré). (795k)
![African Sacred Ibis Flight African Sacred Ibis Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0598_100x67.gif)
African Sacred Ibis in flight. (492k)
![Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0701_100x67.gif)
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides, german: Rallenreiher, french: Crabier chevelu). (830k)
![Old World Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax) Old World Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0714_100x67.gif)
Old World Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax, german: Nachtreiher, french: Bihoreau gris). (855k)
![Western Little Egret (Egretta garzetta garzetta) Western Little Egret (Egretta garzetta garzetta)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0545_100x150.gif)
Western Little Egret (Egretta garzetta garzetta, german: Seidenreiher, french: Aigrette garzette). (903k)
![Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha) Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0521_100x150.gif)
Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, german: Mittelreiher, french: Héron intermédiaire). (764k)
![Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha) Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0698_100x67.gif)
Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, german: Mittelreiher, french: Héron intermédiaire) in flight. (516k)
![Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha) Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0783_100x67.gif)
Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, german: Mittelreiher, french: Héron intermédiaire) in flight. (525k)
![Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0844_100x67.gif)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca, german: Glockenreiher, french: Aigrette ardoisée). (691k)
![African Great Egret (Ardea alba melanorhynchos) African Great Egret (Ardea alba melanorhynchos)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0768_100x150.gif)
African Great Egret (Ardea alba melanorhynchos, german: Silberreiher, french: Grande Aigrette). (834k)
![Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea) Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0515_100x150.gif)
Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea, german: Graureiher, french: Héron cendré). (894k)
![Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea) Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0786_100x150.gif)
Perched Western Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea cinerea, german: Graureiher, french: Héron cendré). (626k)
![Western Grey Heron Stalking Western Grey Heron Stalking](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0770_100x67.gif)
Western Grey Heron stalking fish. (799k)
![Western Grey Heron Fresh Western Grey Heron Fresh](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0758_100x150.gif)
Western Grey Heron with a fresh caught fish. (845k)
![Western Grey Heron Fresh Western Grey Heron Fresh](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0801_100x67.gif)
Western Grey Heron with a fresh caught fish in flight. (534k)
![Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0241_100x150.gif)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala, german: Schwarzhalsreiher, french: Héron mélanocéphale). (636k)
![Black-headed Heron Flight Black-headed Heron Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0763_100x67.gif)
Black-headed Heron in flight. (468k)
![Black-headed Heron Flight Black-headed Heron Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0765_100x67.gif)
Black-headed Heron in flight. (529k)
![Colony Cormorants Colony Cormorants](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0723_100x67.gif)
Colony of cormorants. (886k)
![White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0816_100x67.gif)
Perched White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus, german: Weißbrustkormoran, french: Cormoran à poitrine blanche), left, and Mainland African Darter, (Anhinga rufa rufa, german: Afrikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel, french: Anhinga d'Afrique), right. (897k)
![African Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus) African Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0549_100x150.gif)
Perched African Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus, german: Riedscharbe, french: Cormoran africain). (874k)
![African Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus) African Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0544_100x67.gif)
African Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus africanus, german: Riedscharbe, french: Cormoran africain), drying its wings. (984k)
![White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0577_100x150.gif)
Perched White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus, german: Weißbrustkormoran, french: Cormoran à poitrine blanche). (768k)
![Perched White-breasted Cormorant Front Perched White-breasted Cormorant Front](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0737_100x67.gif)
Perched White-breasted Cormorant in front of a pelican colony. (591k)
![Swimming White-breasted Cormorant Fresh Swimming White-breasted Cormorant Fresh](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0841_100x67.gif)
Swimming White-breasted Cormorant with fresh caught fish. (612k)
![White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0534_100x67.gif)
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus, german: Weißbrustkormoran, french: Cormoran à poitrine blanche) taking off with a fish. (692k)
![Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa rufa) Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa rufa)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0550_100x150.gif)
Perched immature Mainland African Darter or Snake Bird (Anhinga rufa rufa, german: Afrikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel, french: Anhinga d'Afrique). (576k)
![Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa rufa) Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa rufa)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0666_100x150.gif)
Perched immature Mainland African Darter or Snake Bird (Anhinga rufa rufa, german: Afrikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel, french: Anhinga d'Afrique). (610k)
![Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa rufa) Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa rufa)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0671_100x67.gif)
Male Mainland African Darter taking off (Anhinga rufa rufa, german: Afrikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel, french: Anhinga d'Afrique). (706k)
![Landing Male Mainland African Landing Male Mainland African](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0588_100x67.gif)
Landing male Mainland African Darter. (659k)
![Immature Mainland African Darter Immature Mainland African Darter](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0673_100x67.gif)
Immature Mainland African Darter drying its wings. (459k)
![Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0756_100x150.gif)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis, german: Nimmersatt, french: Tantale ibis). (804k)
![Pelican Colony Pelican Colony](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0719_100x67.gif)
Pelican colony. (564k)
![Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0638_100x67.gif)
Group of Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus, german: Rosapelikan, french: Pélican blanc) with a juvenile on the left. (962k)
![Group Juvenile Great White Group Juvenile Great White](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0748_100x67.gif)
Group of juvenile Great White Pelicans. (617k)
![Colony Great White Pelicans Colony Great White Pelicans](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0743_100x67.gif)
Colony of Great White Pelicans. (767k)
![Colony Great White Pelicans Colony Great White Pelicans](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0730_100x67.gif)
Colony of Great White Pelicans with one pelican in flight in front. (669k)
![Group Juvenile Great White Group Juvenile Great White](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0751_100x67.gif)
Group of juvenile Great White Pelicans taking off. (703k)
![Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0473_100x150.gif)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus, german: Rosapelikan, french: Pélican blanc). (802k)
![Large Group Pelicans Flight Large Group Pelicans Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0642_100x67.gif)
Large group of pelicans in flight. (439k)
![Group Pelicans Flight Group Pelicans Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0668_100x67.gif)
Group of pelicans in flight. (438k)
![Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0732_100x67.gif)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus, german: Rosapelikan, french: Pélican blanc) in flight. (433k)
![Great White Pelican Flight Great White Pelican Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0733_100x67.gif)
Great White Pelican in flight. (407k)
![Great White Pelican Flight Great White Pelican Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0650_100x67.gif)
Great White Pelican in flight. (426k)
![Landing Great White Pelican Landing Great White Pelican](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0462_100x67.gif)
Landing Great White Pelican. (694k)
![Fishing Great White Pelicans Fishing Great White Pelicans](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0476_100x67.gif)
Fishing Great White Pelicans. (709k)
![Fishing Great White Pelicans Fishing Great White Pelicans](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0859_100x67.gif)
Fishing Great White Pelicans. (693k)
![Fishing Great White Pelicans Fishing Great White Pelicans](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0524_100x67.gif)
Fishing Great White Pelicans. They seem to herd the fish together and collectively dive for them. (705k)
![Close-up Fishing Great White Close-up Fishing Great White](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0523_100x67.gif)
Close-up of fishing Great White Pelicans. (762k)
![Pelican Pouch Full Fish Pelican Pouch Full Fish](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0846_100x67.gif)
Pelican with pouch full of fish. (589k)
![Close-up Great White Pelican Close-up Great White Pelican](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0532_100x67.gif)
Close-up of Great White Pelican, with juvenile in back. (755k)
![Yellow-billed Kite ssp. parasitus (Milvus aegyptius parasitus) Yellow-billed Kite ssp. parasitus (Milvus aegyptius parasitus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0894_100x150.gif)
Yellow-billed Kite ssp. parasitus (Milvus aegyptius parasitus, french: Milan à bec jaune) in flight. (530k)
![Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Black Kite (Milvus migrans)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0055_100x67.gif)
Black Kites (Milvus migrans, german: Schwarzmilan, french: Milan noir) over Dakar. Sometimes there were hundreds of them in the air over Dakar. (737k)
![Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0787_100x67.gif)
Female Osprey (Pandion haliaetus, german: Fischadler, french: Balbuzard pêcheur). (521k)
![African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0618_100x150.gif)
African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer, german: Schreiseeadler, french: Pygargue vocifer). (487k)
![African Fish Eagle African Fish Eagle](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0791_100x67.gif)
African Fish Eagle. (725k)
![African Fish Eagle Flight African Fish Eagle Flight](/images/SENEGAL/Senegal_0567_100x67.gif)
African Fish Eagle in flight. (492k)
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