birdquest-tours.com Web excerpt · 2025
“In the south-east of the country, we easily found small numbers of Mali Firefinch and Neumann’s Starlings, with another highlight being the Wilcock’s Honeyguide, back in its favourite tree this year.”
Saloum Delta National Park
🇸🇳 Senegal
Africa, Senegal 830 spp. recorded
Saloum Delta National Park or Parc National du Delta du Saloum in Senegal, is a 760-square-kilometre national park. Established in 1976, it is situated within the Saloum Delta at the juncture of the Saloum River and the North Atlantic.
The park, which forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Ramsar Convention site, lies within a 1,800 km2 biosphere reserve. Water comprises 610 km2 of the park, intertidal mangroves and saltwater vegetation cover 70 km2, and savannah and forest cover 80 km2. It lies on the East Atlantic Flyway. The bird species that breed or winter in the area include royal tern, greater flamingo, Eurasian spoonbill, curlew sandpiper, ruddy turnstone, and little stint.
This region represents an important synergy between nature with extensive biodiversity and the way of human development, which is still present, albeit fragile. Sustainable shellfish farming is highly developed here and is a very important source of food and export revenue for the local community and Senegal in general.
The Saloum Delta is about 100 km south of the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
13.699° N 16.738° W
🦜 Nature
250 Species sighted
2,069 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
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Recent sightings in Saloum Delta National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a dayavg 5.3 year-round
25
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Feb1.8
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Mar1.6
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Jun2.9
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Jul2.1
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Dec 🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Medium
Typical stay
2–3
daysTrails
Easy
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
-20°
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0.0 Excellent
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
Very goodHow rich is the wildlife?
4.5
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 554
🐒 Mammals 149
🦎 Reptiles 97
🐸 Amphibians 30
830 Total Species
810 Global average across 340 parks
38 Threatened 1 Endemic
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Sighting
Very goodHow likely to see animals?
3.6
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Top-12 Avg Probability
66% 📊
Coverage (195 species at ≥5% of 830 in the inventory)
23% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (12 bird)
0% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
152 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
14 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
27 🏕️
Experience
Very goodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.0
Climate Pleasant High
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Easy High
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
Your review
Before you go
What animals can you see in Saloum Delta National Park?
830 species
Saloum Delta National Park has 830 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Caspian Tern (about 70%), Grey-hooded Gull (about 70%), Pink-backed Pelican (about 70%), Whimbrel (about 70%) and Great Cormorant (about 70%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Patas Monkey (about 30%); among reptiles, Green Sea Turtle (about 10%).
Can you see a Pink-backed Pelican in Saloum Delta National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pink-backed Pelican sighting in Saloum Delta National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026.
Can you see a Goliath Heron in Saloum Delta National Park?
Yes
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Goliath Heron sighting in Saloum Delta National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026.
Can you see an Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin in Saloum Delta National Park?
Yes
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin sighting in Saloum Delta National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is June (about 50%).
Is Saloum Delta National Park good for wildlife watching?
3.9 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Saloum Delta National Park rates 3.9/5: 144th of 340 parks worldwide and 57th in Africa. 34 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
