Djoudj National Bird Park, the world's third-largest bird sanctuary and a Unesco World Heritage site, is inland on the Senegal River 60 km northeast of St.-Louis. The Senegal River, which flows from the Fouta Djalou plateau in Guinea, is the first permanent source of fresh water south of the Sahara. Its wetlands are a major migratory stop for birds migrating from Europe from November to April. The park also has monkeys and warthogs.
Patas (hussar) monkey, Erythrocebus patas
Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus
Four hundred species of birds have been recorded in Djoudj.
Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
White-breasted cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus
Reed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus
African darter, Anhinga rufa
Eurasian spoonbills, Platalea leucorodia
Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis
Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides
Senegal thick-knee, Burhinus senegalensis
African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer (juvenile, right)
A pirogue (small boat) is needed to get to the huge great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, breeding colony.
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