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Popenguine Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve · Senegal

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Photo © H.-Dirk Schmitt — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Source: Wikimedia Commons

ABOUT

Across the semi-arid Sahel landscape of Senegal's Thiès Region, where scrubland and hardy shrub give way to seasonal watercourses, Popenguine Nature Reserve offers a rare inland sanctuary for wildlife adapted to water scarcity and intense heat. The reserve's mosaic of acacia woodland, grassland, and occasional pools creates pockets of refuge during the long dry season that defines this Köppen-Geiger BSh climate zone. Here, resident and migratory birds exploit the sparse but critical water sources, while small to medium-sized mammals move through the reserve's semi-arid habitat in search of forage and shelter. Reptiles thrive in the heat-soaked terrain, and insects sustain the food web that keeps predators and insectivorous birds hunting through dawn and dusk. The vegetation itself—drought-resistant shrubs, thorny acacias, and seasonal grasses—has evolved to survive months without significant rainfall, creating a landscape of browns and muted greens that nonetheless pulses with activity during the brief rainy season and the cooler months that follow.

WILDLIFE

Type

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Abyssinian Roller

Coracias abyssinicus

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Stone Partridge

Ptilopachus petrosus

Centropus senegalensis

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Chrysococcyx klaas

Speckled Pigeon

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

Spilopelia senegalensis

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

Black-headed Lapwing

Vanellus tectus

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Grey-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Microcarbo africanus

Pandion haliaetus

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Western Red-billed Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

Coracias naevius

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

African Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

Falco tinnunculus

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Galerida cristata

Eurasian Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Hirundo rustica

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Common Whitethroat

Curruca communis

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Myrmecocichla aethiops

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Sudan Golden Sparrow

Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus melanocephalus

Red-billed Quelea

Northern Red Bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

African Silverbill

Euodice cantans

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Sahel Paradise Whydah

Vidua orientalis

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Gosling's Bunting

Emberiza goslingi

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Standard-winged Nightjar

Caprimulgus longipennis

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Western Plantain-eater

Crinifer piscator

Savile's Bustard

Lophotis savilei

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Clamator jacobinus

Streptopelia semitorquata

Streptopelia vinacea

Black-billed Wood Dove

Turtur abyssinicus

Gallinula chloropus

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Common Buttonquail

Turnix sylvaticus

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Greater Painted-snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

Actophilornis africanus

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Tringa glareola

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Sternula albifrons

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Hydroprogne caspia

Chlidonias niger

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis

West African Crested Tern

Thalasseus albididorsalis

Slender-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus genei

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Ichthyaetus audouinii

Mediterranean Gull

Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Larus dominicanus

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus

Yellow-billed Stork

Northern Gannet

Sula leucogaster

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Plegadis falcinellus

African Spoonbill

Egretta ardesiaca

Egretta garzetta

Western Reef Heron

Egretta gularis

Ardeola ralloides

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Scopus umbretta

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Scissor-tailed Kite

Chelictinia riocourii

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

Necrosyrtes monachus

White-backed Vulture

Griffon Vulture

Short-toed Snake Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

Brown Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Hieraaetus pennatus

African Hawk-Eagle

Aquila spilogaster

Micronisus gabar

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Melierax metabates

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

Northern White-faced Owl

Ptilopsis leucotis

Greyish Eagle-Owl

Bubo cinerascens

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Pied Kingfisher

White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albicollis

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

Vieillot's Barbet

Lybius vieilloti

Pogonornis dubius

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Falco ardosiaceus

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera

Falco biarmicus

Poicephalus senegalus

Batis senegalensis

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Laniarius barbarus

Woodchat Shrike

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Eremopterix leucotis

Pycnonotus barbatus

Riparia riparia

Red-chested Swallow

Cecropis senegalensis

Western Bonelli's Warbler

Phylloscopus bonelli

Phylloscopus trochilus

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Common Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Western Olivaceous Warbler

Melodious Warbler

Hippolais polyglotta

Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Eremomela icteropygialis

Senegal Eremomela

Eremomela pusilla

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Western Subalpine Warbler

Curruca iberiae

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chloropterus

Purple Starling

Lamprotornis purpureus

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis caudatus

Chestnut-bellied Starling

Lamprotornis pulcher

Black Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas podobe

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Common Rock Thrush

Monticola saxatilis

Saxicola rubetra

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Hedydipna platura

Splendid Sunbird

Cinnyris coccinigastrus

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Passer domesticus

White-billed Buffalo Weaver

Bubalornis albirostris

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser superciliosus

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Sporopipes frontalis

Ploceus luteolus

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus

Ploceus cucullatus

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Lavender Waxbill

Glaucestrilda caerulescens

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

Cut-throat Finch

Amadina fasciata

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Anthus trivialis

White-rumped Seedeater

Crithagra leucopygia

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Black-tailed Godwit

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Calidris minuta

Butorides striata

Chlorocebus sabaeus

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COMMUNITY

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Natural environment

Popenguine Nature Reserve

Dry conditions dominate, with strong contrasts between day and night.

Usual climateHot semi-aridLowland

Average annual temperature 25.4 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 21 m Lowland

Climate pattern Hot semi-arid Main environment around this hotspot

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · January 22.8 °C Monthly maximum · October 28.0 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

21 m · Lowland

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

Elevation scale

21 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

Lowland

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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