Animals of Senegal
148 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Senegal on GBIF: 100 birds, 40 mammals, 5 reptiles, 2 sharks & fish, 1 insects & other invertebrates. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 148 animals by group
Wolves 1
- African wolf Canis lupaster
Foxes, jackals & wild dogs 1
- Golden jackal Canis aureus
Mongooses, civets & genets 1
- Marsh mongoose Atilax paludinosus
Weasels, otters, badgers & skunks 2
- Honey badger Mellivora capensis
- Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus
Whales & dolphins 1
- Atlantic humpback dolphin Sousa teuszii
Manatees & dugong 1
- African manatee Trichechus senegalensis
Hippos, giraffes & zebras 1
- Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats 6
- Harnessed bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
- Kob Kobus kob
- Oribi Ourebia ourebi
- Red-flanked duiker Cephalophus rufilatus
- Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus
- Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Wild pigs & peccaries 1
- Common warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Monkeys 5
- Common patas monkey Erythrocebus patas (introduced)
- Green monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus
- Guinea baboon Papio papio
- Temminck's red colobus Piliocolobus temminckii
- Western red colobus Piliocolobus badius
Bats 11
- Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus
- Egyptian slit-faced bat Nycteris thebaica
- Gambian epauletted fruit bat Epomophorus gambianus
- Noack's roundleaf bat Hipposideros ruber
- Rüppell's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus fumigatus
- Schlieffen's serotine Nycticeinops schlieffeni
- Schreber's yellow bat Scotophilus nigrita
- Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum
- Sundevall's roundleaf bat Hipposideros caffer
- Tiny serotine Neoromicia guineensis
- White-bellied yellow bat Scotophilus leucogaster
Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots 2
- African striped ground squirrel Euxerus erythropus
- Gambian sun squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus
Mice, rats & other rodents 5
- African grass rat Arvicanthis niloticus
- Dalton's mouse Praomys daltoni
- Gambian pouched rat Cricetomys gambianus
- Guinea multimammate mouse Mastomys erythroleucus
- Natal multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis
Rabbits, hares & pikas 1
- African savanna hare Lepus microtis
Hedgehogs, shrews & moles 1
- Four-toed hedgehog Atelerix albiventris
Birds of prey 15
- African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black kite Milvus migrans
- Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus
- Booted eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian griffon vulture Gyps fulvus
- Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
- Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
- White-backed vulture Gyps africanus
Owls 1
- Western barn owl Tyto alba
Parrots 1
- Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri
Ducks, geese & swans 4
- Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern pintail Anas acuta
- Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 34
- Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
- Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common redshank Tringa totanus
- Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common tern Sterna hirundo
- Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Egyptian plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Green sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
- Little stint Calidris minuta
- Little tern Sternula albifrons
- Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sabine's gull Xema sabini
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Seabirds, divers & grebes 4
- Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern gannet Morus bassanus
Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 17
- African sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black stork Ciconia nigra
- Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Goliath heron Ardea goliath
- Great egret Ardea alba
- Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Grey heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Little egret Egretta garzetta
- Purple heron Ardea purpurea
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1
- Helmeted guinea fowl Numida meleagris
Pigeons & doves 3
- European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur
- Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rock dove Columba livia
Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans 2
- Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops
- European bee-eater Merops apiaster
Hummingbirds, swifts & nightjars 1
- Common swift Apus apus
Crows, jays & magpies 1
- Pied crow Corvus albus
Songbirds & perching birds 16
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- House sparrow Passer domesticus (introduced)
- Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-billed quelea Quelea quelea
- Sand martin Riparia riparia
- Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tree pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western house martin Delichon urbicum
- Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
- White wagtail Motacilla alba
- Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Woodchat shrike Lanius senator
Crocodiles & alligators 2
- Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
- West African crocodile Crocodylus suchus
Snakes 1
- Central African rock python Python sebae
Lizards, geckos & tuatara 2
- Agama agama Agama agama
- Nile monitor Varanus niloticus
Rays, skates & chimaeras 1
- Common torpedo Torpedo torpedo
Bony fish 1
- Frigate tuna Auxis thazard
Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 1
- Silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci (introduced)
Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.