2018 Bird List

Second number is reference to the Plate Number in :-

A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal

[Barlow, Wacher and Disley]

NI = Not Illistrated in Barlow,Watcher and Disley

Bold = Lifer

NFC = New for Country

  1. 2 Pink Backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
  2. 2 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
  3. 2 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 
  4. 2 Long Tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
  5. 2 African Darter Anhinga rufa
  6. 3 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  7. 3 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
  8. 3 Striated Heron Butorides striatus
  9. 3 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
  10. 3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
  11. 3 Great White Egret Egretta alba
  12. 3 Black Headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
  13. 3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
  14. 3 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
  15. 3 Purple Heron Ardea pururea
  16. 4 Woolly Necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
  17. 4 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
  18. 4 Yellow Billed Stork Mycteria ibis
  19. 5 Spur Winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
  20. 5 White Faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
  21. 5 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
  22. 6 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  23. 6 African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus
  24. 6 Palm Nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
  25. 6 Pied Crow Corvus albus
  26. 6 Hooded Vulture Necrosytes monachus
  27. 6 Ruppells Griffon Vulture Gyps rueppellii
  28. 6 European Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
  29. 7 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
  30. 7 Wahlbergs Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
  31. 7 Red Necked Buzzard Buteo augularis
  32. 7 Long Crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
  33. 8 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
  34. 8 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
  35. 8 “Yellow Billed” Kite M.m.parasitus
  36. 8 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
  37. 8 Black Shouldered Kite Elanus caerulus
  38. 9 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
  39. 9 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
  40. 9 Shikra Accipiter badius
  41. 9 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
  42. 10 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
  43. 10 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
  44. 14 Double Spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
  45. 14 Four Banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
  46. 15 Black Crake Amaurornis flavorostris
  47. 15 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
  48. 15 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
  49. 16 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
  50. 16 Senegal Thick Knee Burhinus senegalensis
  51. 17 Black Headed Plover Vanellus tectus
  52. 17 Spur Winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
  53. 17 Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
  54. 17 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
  55. 18 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
  56. 18 Black tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
  57. 18 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
  58. 18 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
  59. 18 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
  60. 18 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
  61. 19 Black Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
  62. 20 Grey Headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
  63. 20 Slender Billed Gull Larus gene
  64. 21 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
  65. 22 Gull Billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
  66. 23 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
  67. 23 Blue Spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
  68. 23 Black Billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
  69. 23 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
  70. 23 Namaque Dove Oena capensis
  71. 23 Red Eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
  72. 23 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
  73. 23 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
  74. 24 Senegal Cougal Centropus senegalensis
  75. 24 Klaas Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
  76. 25 Verreaux’s Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
  77. 27 Little Swift Apus affinis
  78. 27 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
  79. 27 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
  80. 28 Woodland Kingfisher Halycon senegalensis
  81. 28 Blue Breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
  82. 28 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
  83. 28 Broad Billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
  84. 28 Blue Bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
  85. 28 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssiniica
  86. 29 Blue Cheeked Bee Eater Merops persicus
  87. 29 European Bee Eater Merops apiaster
  88. 29 Little Bee Eater Merops pusillus
  89. 29 White Throated Bee Eater Merops albicollis
  90. 29 Red Throated Bee Eater Merops bullocki
  91. 29 Little Green Bee Eater Merops orientalis
  92. 29 Rose Ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
  93. 29 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
  94. 29 Brown Necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus
  95. 29 Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
  96. 29 Western Grey Plantain Eater Crinifer piscator
  97. 30 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
  98. 30 Red Billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  99. 30 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  100. 31 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
  101. 32 Chestnut Backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucotis
  102. 32 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 
  103. 33 Red Rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica = NFC
  104. 33 Wire Tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
  105. 33 Sand Martin Riparia cincta 
  106. 34 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
  107. 34 Fork Tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
  108. 34 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
  109. 35 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  110. 35 Yellow Throated Leaflove Chlorocichla flavicollis
  111. 35 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps 
  112. 35 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
  113. 35 Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
  114. 36 Northern Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
  115. 37 White Crowned Robin Chat Cossypha albicapilla
  116. 38 Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
  117. 38 Melodius Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
  118. 39 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
  119. 39 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
  120. 39 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
  121. 40 Red Winged Warbler Heliolais erythroptera
  122. 40 Tawny Flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
  123. 40 Yellow White Eye Zosterops senegalensis
  124. 40 Northern Crombec Sylvietta virens
  125. 41 Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
  126. 41 Common Wattle Eye Platysteira cyanea
  127. 41 Red Bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
  128. 42 Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusuta
  129. 42 Mouse Brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
  130. 42 Beautiful Sunbird Nectarinia pulchella
  131. 43 Northern Puffback Dryosscopus gambensis
  132. 43 Yellow Crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
  133. 43 Yellow Billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
  134. 44 Purple Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
  135. 44 Long Tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
  136. 44 Bronze Tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
  137. 44 Yellow billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
  138. 45 Yellow Fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
  139. 45 Grey Headed Sparrow Paser griseus
  140. 45 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
  141. 45 Black Winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
  142. 45 Yellow Crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
  143. 46 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
  144. 47 Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens
  145. 47 Black Rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
  146. 47 Red Cheeked Cordon Bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
  147. 47 Red Billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
  148. 47 Bronze Manakin Lonchura cucullata
  149. 48 Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
  150. 48 Cut Throat Finch Amadina chalybeata
  151. 48 Red billed Quelea Quelea quelea