Olivier Benoist: Senegal Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 269 of 269 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 2 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 3 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 4 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 5 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 6 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 7 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 8 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 9 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 27/02/1991 Popenguine 10 Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 11 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus 19/02/1991 Nianing 12 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri 27/02/1991 Nianing 13 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 19/02/1991 Nianing 14 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 26/02/1991 Ngazobil 15 Little Swift Apus affinis 26/02/1991 Palmarin 16 Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 17 Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 18 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 26/02/1991 Nianing 19 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 20 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 28/02/1991 Somone 21 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus 25/02/1991 Birkelane 22 Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 23 Rock Dove Columba livia 20/02/1991 Kaolack 24 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 25 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 18/02/1991 Nianing 26 Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 27 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens 18/02/1991 Nianing 28 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 29 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 30 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 18/02/1991 Nianing 31 Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus 18/02/1991 Nianing 32 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 17/02/1991 Dakar 33 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 34 African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 35 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra 27/02/1991 Nianing 36 Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 38 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 39 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 40 Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus 01/03/1991 Lake Retba 41 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 42 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 26/02/1991 Djiffer 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 44 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/02/1991 Nianing 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/02/1991 Dakar 46 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 48 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 17/02/1991 Dakar 49 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 20/02/1991 Nguer 50 White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 51 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 52 Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 53 White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus 26/02/1991 Ngazobil 54 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 26/02/1991 Ngazobil 55 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 56 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 18/02/1991 Nianing 57 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 17/02/1991 Dakar 58 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/02/1991 Djiffer 59 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 26/02/1991 Djiffer 60 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/02/1991 Dakar 61 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 26/02/1991 Djiffer 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/02/1991 Dakar 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/02/1991 Nianing 64 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 66 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 18/02/1991 Nianing 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 68 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/02/1991 Dakar 69 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/02/1991 Dakar 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 18/02/1991 Dakar 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 75 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 28/02/1991 Somone 76 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 26/02/1991 Ngazobil 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 28/02/1991 Somone 78 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 25/02/1991 Kaolack 79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 26/02/1991 Djiffer 80 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/02/1991 Dakar 81 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/02/1991 Ngazobil 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/02/1991 Dakar 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/02/1991 Dakar 84 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis 18/02/1991 Dakar 85 West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis 18/02/1991 Dakar 86 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 18/02/1991 Dakar 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 18/02/1991 Dakar 88 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 26/02/1991 Djiffer 89 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 18/02/1991 Dakar 90 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 18/02/1991 Dakar 91 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/02/1991 Dakar 92 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 26/02/1991 Djiffer 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 18/02/1991 Dakar 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 18/02/1991 Dakar 95 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 01/03/1991 Dakar 96 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 97 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 26/02/1991 Djiffer 98 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 99 African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 100 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 18/02/1991 Dakar 101 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus 18/02/1991 Dakar 102 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 18/02/1991 Dakar 103 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 18/02/1991 Nianing 104 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 18/02/1991 Nianing 105 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/02/1991 Somone 106 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18/02/1991 Nianing 107 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 108 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 18/02/1991 Dakar 109 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 110 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 111 Great Egret Ardea alba 18/02/1991 Dakar 112 Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha 18/02/1991 Nianing 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 114 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 115 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 116 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 28/02/1991 Somone 117 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 19/02/1991 Nianing 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 18/02/1991 Nianing 119 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 120 Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii 20/02/1991 Kaolack 121 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 122 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 123 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 17/02/1991 Dakar 124 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 19/02/1991 Nianing 125 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli 19/02/1991 Nianing 126 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 127 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos 25/02/1991 Birkelane 128 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 19/02/1991 Nianing 129 Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 130 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 131 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 132 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 133 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 134 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 135 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 136 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 137 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 138 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 139 Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 140 Shikra Accipiter badius 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 141 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 142 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 16/02/1991 Nianing 143 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius 17/02/1991 Dakar 144 African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 145 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 146 Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis 19/02/1991 Nianing 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/02/1991 Popenguine 148 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 19/02/1991 Nianing 149 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 19/02/1991 Nianing 150 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 19/02/1991 Nianing 151 Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 152 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 153 Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi 19/02/1991 Nianing 154 African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus 19/02/1991 Nianing 155 Purple Roller Coracias naevius 19/02/1991 Nianing 156 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 19/02/1991 Nianing 157 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 158 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 159 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 18/02/1991 Nianing 160 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 161 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 162 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 163 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 164 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 165 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 166 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 167 African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus 25/02/1991 Nguer 168 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 26/02/1991 Djiffer 169 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 26/02/1991 Djiffer 170 Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 171 Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 172 Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 173 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 19/02/1991 Nianing 174 Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 175 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 19/02/1991 Nianing 176 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 18/02/1991 Dakar 177 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 19/02/1991 Nianing 178 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 179 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 180 African Hobby Falco cuvierii 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 181 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 182 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 01/03/1991 Dakar 183 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 184 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 185 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 17/02/1991 Dakar 186 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 187 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus 19/02/1991 Nianing 188 White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 189 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 20/02/1991 Kaolack 190 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 191 Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 192 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 19/02/1991 Nianing 193 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer 20/02/1991 Kaolack 194 Pied Crow Corvus albus 17/02/1991 Dakar 195 African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 196 White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 197 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis 19/02/1991 Nianing 198 Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica 19/02/1991 Nianing 199 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 200 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 17/02/1991 Dakar 201 Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 202 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/02/1991 Birkelane 203 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 27/02/1991 Popenguine 204 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula 27/02/1991 Popenguine 205 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 206 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 207 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 208 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 19/02/1991 Nianing 209 West African Swallow Cecropis domicella 19/02/1991 Nianing 210 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis 19/02/1991 Nianing 211 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 212 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 19/02/1991 Nianing 213 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 214 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/02/1991 Nianing 216 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca 19/02/1991 Nianing 217 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus 19/02/1991 Nianing 218 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 19/02/1991 Nianing 219 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 220 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 221 Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 222 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/02/1991 Nianing 223 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 19/02/1991 Nianing 224 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/02/1991 Nianing 225 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 226 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus 19/02/1991 Nianing 227 Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus 19/02/1991 Nianing 228 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus 19/02/1991 Nianing 229 Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher 20/02/1991 Kaolack 230 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 231 African Thrush Turdus pelios 19/02/1991 Nianing 232 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 27/02/1991 Popenguine 233 White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 234 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/02/1991 Nianing 235 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 27/02/1991 Popenguine 236 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/02/1991 Nianing 237 Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops 27/02/1991 Popenguine 238 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/02/1991 Nianing 239 Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 240 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 19/02/1991 Nianing 241 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus 19/02/1991 Nianing 242 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus 02/03/1991 Dakar 243 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 19/02/1991 Nianing 244 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 17/02/1991 Dakar 245 Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 246 White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris 20/02/1991 Kaolack 247 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 19/02/1991 Nianing 248 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus 19/02/1991 Nianing 249 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 250 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata 18/02/1991 Nianing 251 African Silverbill Euodice cantans 18/02/1991 Nianing 252 Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens 19/02/1991 Nianing 253 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 254 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 18/02/1991 Nianing 255 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 256 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 17/02/1991 Dakar 257 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata 17/02/1991 Lake Retba 258 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 259 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 260 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 19/02/1991 Nianing 261 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 262 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus 17/02/1991 Lake Malika 263 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 28/02/1991 Somone 264 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/02/1991 Lake Retba 265 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 19/02/1991 Nianing 266 White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia 19/02/1991 Nianing 267 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica 21/02/1991 Niokolo Koba 268 House Bunting Emberiza sahari 27/02/1991 Popenguine 269 Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi 27/02/1991 Popenguine