Poicephalus senegalus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Senegal parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) is a parrot which is a resident breeder across a wide range of west Africa. It makes migrations within west Africa, according to the availability of the fruit, seeds and blossoms which make up its diet. It is considered a farm pest in Africa, often feeding on maize or millet. It is popular in aviculture.
In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Senegal parrot in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name La petite perruche du Sénégal and the Latin name Psittacula senegalensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the Senegal parrot. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Psittacus senegalus and cited Brisson's work. This species is now placed in the genus Poicephalus which was introduced by the English naturalist... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 2 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 3 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 4 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 5 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 6 | Abidjan | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 7 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 8 | Lagos | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 9 | Athens | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 10 | Lisbon | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Parc zoologique et forestier Michel-Corbasson | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Lisbon Zoo | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 4 | Hamilton Zoo | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Philadelphia Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Chapultepec Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Krakow Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Seville Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 11 | Monkeyland | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Bird Park Steinen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 13 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Birds Paradise | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 16 | Bali Bird Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 17 | Birds of Eden | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Lloc de Menorca | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Canton Grand Safari Adventure | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Castellar Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Zoo Samara | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 22 | Alborania-Aula del Mar Museum | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 23 | Hillerød Mini Zoo | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Parrot sighting in Dakar on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 76th most-seen of the 152 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March, June and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Parrot in Dakar on a given day, against about 10% in April–May, July–August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Senegal Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Senegal Parrot sightings, Dakar ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Serrekunda (Gambia, about 40%), Accra (Ghana, about 30%) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Senegal Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Dakar (45 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
