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Basse Casamance National Park

National Park · Senegal

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ABOUT

Where the Casamance River meanders through Senegal's southwestern corner, Basse Casamance National Park unfolds across a mosaic of mangrove swamps, freshwater wetlands, and seasonally flooded savannas. This is Aw climate country—warm year-round, with a pronounced dry season between November and May when water levels drop dramatically and the landscape transforms from waterlogged to desiccated. The park's ecological character hinges entirely on this rhythm: during the dry months, scattered pools and permanent channels concentrate wildlife in ways that define the visiting season, while the landscape itself—never lush rainforest, but rather a semi-arid woodland mosaic adapted to boom-and-bust water cycles—reveals itself in sharper relief. Mangrove fringes harbor wading birds and aquatic hunters; the drier interior supports small mammals, insectivores, and birds of prey that track the seasonal abundance of prey. Reptiles thrive in both the wetland margins and the harder ground, exploiting ecological niches that shift with each month's water table.

For naturalists seeking genuine West African wetland ecology in its raw seasonal state, few destinations demand the kind of precise timing and field craft that Basse Casamance rewards. The dry season—roughly December through April—is when accessibility peaks and wildlife viewing becomes most productive, as concentrated water sources draw migratory waders, resident waterfowl, and the predators that follow them. Early mornings at the park's main water channels offer the clearest light and highest activity; afternoon heat drives much fauna into cover, but photographers willing to work the golden hour around dusk find compelling compositions in the interplay of mangrove silhouettes and emergent wildlife. The park remains less trafficked than Senegal's northern reserves, offering a more intimate experience for those prepared to navigate its seasonal extremes and embrace the particular demands of this semi-arid wetland frontier.

WILDLIFE

Type

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Abyssinian Roller

Coracias abyssinicus

African Spoonbill

Double-spurred Spurfowl

Pternistis bicalcaratus

Long-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus

Western Plantain-eater

Crinifer piscator

Centropus senegalensis

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Pterocles quadricinctus

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

Streptopelia semitorquata

Streptopelia vinacea

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Pluvialis squatarola

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Actophilornis africanus

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Hydroprogne caspia

West African Crested Tern

Thalasseus albididorsalis

Slender-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus genei

Grey-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Yellow-billed Stork

Microcarbo africanus

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Egretta ardesiaca

Western Reef Heron

Egretta gularis

Ardeola ralloides

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Scopus umbretta

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Pandion haliaetus

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

Hieraaetus pennatus

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Melierax metabates

Green Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

Western Red-billed Hornbill

West African Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros semifasciatus

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

Blue-bellied Roller

Coracias cyanogaster

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Pied Kingfisher

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albicollis

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Vieillot's Barbet

Lybius vieilloti

Pogonornis dubius

Spotted Honeyguide

Indicator maculatus

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Campethera punctuligera

Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

African Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

Poicephalus senegalus

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Laniarius barbarus

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer

Yellow-billed Shrike

Corvinella corvina

Woodchat Shrike

Ptilostomus afer

Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

Pycnonotus barbatus

Red-chested Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

Cecropis senegalensis

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

Hypergerus atriceps

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Senegal Eremomela

Eremomela pusilla

Turdoides plebejus

Blackcap Babbler

Turdoides reinwardtii

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Splendid Starling

Lamprotornis splendidus

Purple Starling

Lamprotornis purpureus

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis caudatus

Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

White-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha albicapillus

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla

Saxicola rubetra

Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus

Splendid Sunbird

Cinnyris coccinigastrus

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Sahel Bush Sparrow

Gymnoris dentata

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Olive-naped Weaver

Ploceus brachypterus

Ploceus cucullatus

Northern Red Bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Lavender Waxbill

Glaucestrilda caerulescens

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Galerida cristata

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Stone Partridge

Ptilopachus petrosus

Coturnix coturnix

Ahanta Spurfowl

Pternistis ahantensis

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Tauraco violaceus

Black-throated Coucal

Centropus leucogaster

Ceuthmochares aereus

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Chrysococcyx klaas

Cuculus gularis

Speckled Pigeon

European Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur

African Collared Dove

Streptopelia roseogrisea

Spilopelia senegalensis

Black-billed Wood Dove

Turtur abyssinicus

African Green Pigeon

White-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura pulchra

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Recurvirostra avosetta

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Anarhynchus alexandrinus

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Black-tailed Godwit

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Tringa glareola

Calidris pugnax

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Calidris minuta

Sternula albifrons

Chlidonias niger

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Ichthyaetus audouinii

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus

European Storm Petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus

African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis

Northern Gannet

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Egretta garzetta

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Necrosyrtes monachus

White-backed Vulture

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

Beaudouin's Snake Eagle

Circaetus beaudouini

Wahlberg's Eagle

Hieraaetus wahlbergi

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

African Fish Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Western Barn Owl

African Scops Owl

Otus senegalensis

Northern White-faced Owl

Ptilopsis leucotis

Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

Piping Hornbill

Bycanistes fistulator

Coracias naevius

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Lesser Honeyguide

Indicator minor

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Pardipicus nivosus

Falco tinnunculus

Falco ardosiaceus

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera

Falco biarmicus

Batis senegalensis

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus

Sharpe's Drongo

Dicrurus sharpei

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Western Nicator

Nicator chloris

White-throated Greenbul

Phyllastrephus albigularis

Psalidoprocne obscura

Hirundo rustica

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Red-breasted Swallow

Cecropis semirufa

Phylloscopus trochilus

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Western Olivaceous Warbler

Melodious Warbler

Hippolais polyglotta

Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Western Subalpine Warbler

Curruca iberiae

Common Whitethroat

Curruca communis

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus

White-tailed Alethe

Alethe diademata

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Mangrove Sunbird

Anthreptes gabonicus

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Anthreptes longuemarei

Hedydipna platura

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

Passer domesticus

White-billed Buffalo Weaver

Bubalornis albirostris

Ploceus luteolus

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus

Blue-billed Malimbe

Malimbus nitens

Red-billed Quelea

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita bicolor

Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

Cut-throat Finch

Amadina fasciata

Bar-breasted Firefinch

Lagonosticta rufopicta

Pin-tailed Whydah

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

Anthus trivialis

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Calidris canutus

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Saddle-billed Stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Bostrychia hagedash

Butorides striata

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Western Bonelli's Warbler

Phylloscopus bonelli

Congo Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros fasciatus

Black-headed Lapwing

Vanellus tectus

Gambian Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus gambianus

Striped Ground Squirrel

Euxerus erythropus

Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus gambianus

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Chlorocebus sabaeus

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Natural environment

Basse Casamance National Park

Warm throughout the year, with rainfall patterns shaping the seasons.

Usual climateTropical savanna with dry winterLowland

Average annual temperature 26.1 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 4 m Lowland

Climate pattern Tropical savanna with dry winter Main environment around this hotspot

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · January 24.3 °C Monthly maximum · October 27.8 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

4 m · Lowland

Average terrain elevation estimate across the hotspot; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

4 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

Lowland

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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