"L'Esperanto Lodge : Le paradis des ornithologues en Casamance"
(the paradise for birdwatching in Casamance)
Répertoire touristique du Sénégal 2008
Diaporama de Pierre Duchatelet Novembre 2009
Voir aussi la partie Ecotourisme à l'Esperanto Lodge Cliquez
Diaporama des oiseaux cliquez 
BIRDS SPECIES seen at ESPERANTO LODGE Espèces vues à l'Esperanto Lodge et sa lagune à Kafountine, Casamance, Sénégal
All registered thanks to :
Christian LIPCHITZ (St Etienne-Fr), biologist, Jan 2004
Michel BORIE (Paris-Fr), ornithologist, Jan 2004
Marc ARGELOO & Johan BOS (Amsterdam- Holland), ornithologist, Dec 2004
GLOBE NATURREIZEN Feb 2004
Marcos MALLO & Carmen DIAZ (Galicia, Spain) Nov 2006
Brita MORSE (England) Dec 2007
Eric Bedouet ( Manager of Esperanto Lodge )
Pierre Duchatelet (Belgique) Nov 2009
- LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
- GREAT WHITE EGRET Egretta alba
- STRIATED HERON Butorides Striatus
- WESTERN REEF HERON Egretta gularis
- BLACK-HEADED HERON Ardea melenocephala
- GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
- PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea
- GOLIATH HERON Ardea goliath
- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
- HAMERKOP Scopus umbretta
- SQUACCO HERON Ardeola ralloides
- CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis
- PINK-BACKED PELICAN Pelicanus rufescens
- LONG-TAIL SHAG Phalacrocorax africanus
- AFRICAN DARTER Anhinga rufa
- SACRED IBIS Threskiornis aethiopica
- AFRICAN SPOONBIL Platalea alba
- WHITE NECKED STORK Ciconia episcopus
- WOOD IBIS Ibis ibis
- HOODED VULTURE Neophron monachus
- HARRIER-HAWK Polyboroides radiatus
- PALM NUT VULTURE Gypohierax angolensis
- AFRICAN FISH EAGLE Haliaetus vocifer
- WHITE BACKED VULTURE Gyps Bengalensis
- LONG CRESTED HAWK EAGLE Lophaetus occipitalis
- OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
- BLACK KITE Milvus migrans
- LIZZARD BUZZARD Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- GREY KESTREL Falco ardosiaceus
- CHANTING GOSHAWK Melierax metabates
- SHIKRA Accipiter badius
- LIZARD BUZZARD Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- BARBARY FALCON Falco pelegrinoides
- FOX KESTREL Falco Alopex
- LANNER Falco biarmicus
- DOUBLE SPURRED FRANCOLIN Francolinus bicalcaratus
- WHITE FACED TREE DUCK Dendrocygna viduata
- LILY TROTTER Actophilornis africana
- LAUGHING DOVE Streptopelia senegalensis
- MOURNING DOVE Streptopelia decipiens
- RED EYED DOVE Streptopelia semitorquata
- VINACEOUS DOVE Streptopelia vinacea
- REDBBILLED WOOD DOVE Turtur afer
- BLUE HEADED DOVE Turtur brehmeri
- GREEN FRUIT PIGEON Treron australis
- SPECKLED PIGEON Columba guinea
- SENEGAL LONG TAILED PARRAKEET Psittacula krameri
- SENEGAL PARROT Poicephalus senegalus
- GREY PLANTAIN EATER Crinifer piscator
- VIOLET PLANTAIN EATER Musophaga violacea
- SPUR WINGED PLOVER Vanellus spinosus
- SENEGAL WATTLED PLOVER Vanellus senegallus
- GREY PLOVER Pluvialus squatarola
- WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola
- COMMON SANDPIPER Tringa hypoleucos
- GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
- MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis
- GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
- REDSHANK Tringa totanus
- BLACK TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
- COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
- WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
- CURLEW Numenius arquata
- BLACK WINGED STILT Himantopus Himantopus
- PAINTED SNIPE Rostratula bengalensis
- STERNE HANSEL Sterna nilotica
- CASPIAN TERN Sterna caspia
- ROYAL TERN Sterna maxima
- SANDWICH TERN Sterna Sandvicensis
- GREY HEADED GULL Larus cirrhocephalus
- BLACK THROATED COUCAL Centropus senegalensis
- LEVAILLANT’S CUCKOO Clamator levaillantii
- PYGMY KINGFISHER Ceyx picta
- PIED KINGFISGER Ceryle rudis
- GREY HEADED KINGFISHER Halcyon leucocephala
- BROAD BILLED ROLLER Eurystomus glaucurus
- ABBYSSINIAN ROLLER Coracias abyssinica
- BLUE BELLIED ROLLER Coracias cyanogaster
- EUROPEAN BEE EATER Merops apiaster
- BLUE CHEEKED BEE EATER Merops superciliosus
- LITTLE BEE EATER Merops pusillus
- SWALLOW TAILED BEE EATER Merops hirundineus
- SENEGAL WOOD HOOPOE Phoeniculus purpureus
- HOOPOE Upupa epops
- PEARL SPOTTED OWLET Glaucidium perlatum
- LONG TAILED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus climacurus
- LITTLE AFRICAN SWIFT Apus affinis
- PALM SWIFT Cypsiurus parvus
- RED BEAKED HORNBILL Tockus erythrorhynchus
- GREY HORNBILL Tockus nasutus
- BLACK AND WHITE TAILED HORNILL Tockus fasciatus
- CRESTED LARK Galerida cristata
- YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
- WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
- YELLOW THROATED LONG CLAW Macronyx croceus
- BROWN BABBLER Turdoides plebejus
- BLACKCAP BABBLER Turdoides reinwerdii
- PIED CROW Corvus albus
- EUROPEAN WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
- BEARDED BARBET Lybius dubius
- YELLOW FRONTED BARBET Pogoniulius chrysoconus
- GREY WOODPECKER Mesopicos goertae
- MOSQUE SWALLOW Hirundo senegalensis
- EUROPEAN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
- FANTI ROUGH WINGED SWALLOW Psalidoprocne obsura
- GAMBIAN PUFF BACK SHRIKE Dryoscopus gambensis
- LONG TAILED SHRIKE Corvinella corvina
- BARBARY SHRIKE Laniarius barbarus
- BLUE EARED GLOSSY STARLING Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- SPLENDID GLOSSY STARLING Lamprotornis splendidus
- PURPLE GLOSSY STARLING Lamprotornis pupureus
- YELLOW BILLED OXPECKER Buphagus africanus
- LONG TAILED GLOSSY STARLING Laprotornis caudatus
- COMMON GARDEN BULBUL Pycnonotus barbatus
- WHITE CROWNED ROBIN CHAT Cossypha albicapilla
- SNOWY CROWNED ROBIN CHAT Cossypha niveicapilla
- NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
- GREY BACKED CAMARAOPTERA Camaropterea brachyura brevicaudata
- GREEN BACKED EREMOMELA Eremomela pusilla
- MELODIOUS WARBLER Hippolais polyglotta
- OLIVACEOUS WARBLER Hippolais pallida
- MOHO Hypergerus atriceps
- NUTHATCH WARBLER Sylvietta brachyura
- BLACK FLYCATCHER Melaenornis edolioides
- RED BELLIED PARADISE FLYCATCHER Terpsiphone rufiventer
- COLLARED SUNBIRD Anthreptes collaris
- SCARLET BREASTED SUNBIRD Nectarinia senegalensis
- YELLOW BELLIED SUNBIRD Nectarinia venusta
- BEAUTIFULL LONG TAILED SUNBIRD Nectarinia pulchella
- VILLAGE WEAVER Ploceus cucullatus
- SPECTACLED WEAVER Ploceus nigricollis brachypterus
- YELLOW MANTLED WHYDAH Euplectes macrourous
- GREY HEADED SPARROW Passer griseus
- YELLOW CROWN BISHOP Euplectes afer
- RED BISHOP Euplectes orix
- FIRE CROWN BISHOP Euplectes hordeaceus
- RED CHEEKED CORDON BLEU Estrilda bengala
- ORANGE CHEEKED WAXBILL Estrilda melpoda
- WARBLING SILVERBILL Lonchura malabarica
- BRONZE MANNIKIN Lonchura cuculata
- SENEGAL FIRE FINCH Lagonosticta senegala
- CROWN CRANE Balearica pavonina
seen on MAY 2003 & July 2008 à Téhousse par Eric BEDOUET
Photo de l'iles aux oiseaux dans les les iles Karones oû nichent par centaines des pélicans, grandes aigrettes en majorité. Voir la partie Activités - Excursion