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Where does the Senegal Parrot live?

Poicephalus senegalus has 24,416 records in 45 countries and territories, from 1893 to 2026. Most records come from Gambia.

Senegal Parrot
Senegal Parrot — ThomHasi at English Wikipedia / CC BY 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPsittaciformesPsittacidaePoicephalus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Gambia 7,485
Nigeria 6,504
Ghana 3,414
Senegal 3,238
Benin 711
Burkina Faso 497
Portugal 366
Côte d'Ivoire 359
Guinea-Bissau 314
Spain 299
Netherlands 215
Mali 196
Cameroon 156
France 125
Israel 110
Guinea 75
Togo 73
Niger 55
Greece 39
Belgium 29
South Africa 29
Algeria 23
Mauritania 18
United States 18
Liberia 14
Sierra Leone 9
United Kingdom 6
Kuwait 6
Puerto Rico 5
Türkiye 5
Guadeloupe 3
United Arab Emirates 2
Switzerland 2
China 2
Italy 2
Jamaica 2
Chad 2
Czechia 1
Morocco 1
Oman 1

Showing the top 40 of 45 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.