BOLD indicates Lifer
Second number is reference to the Plate Number in :-
A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal
[Barlow, Wacher and Disley]
- 1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- 2 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- 2 Pink Backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- 2 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- 2 Long Tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
- 2 African Darter Anhinga rufa
- 3 White Backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
- 3 Black Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- 3 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- 3 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- 3 Striated Heron Butorides striatus
- 3 Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca
- 3 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
- 3 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- 3 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- 3 Great White Egret Egretta alba
- 3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- 3 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- 3 Purple Heron Ardea pururea
- 4 Wholly Necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- 4 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- 4 Eurassian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- 5 Spur Winged Goose Plectropterus gambesis
- 5 White Faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- 5 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- 6 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- 6 African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus
- 6 Palm Nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- 6 Pied Crow Corvus albus
- 6 Hooded Vulture Necrosytes monachus
- 6 White Backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- 7 Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
- 7 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
- 7 Long Crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- 8 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- 8 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- 8 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- 8 Short Toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- 8 Black Kite Milvus migrans
- 8 “Yellow Billed” Kite M.m.parasitus
- 8 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- 8 Black Shouldered Kite Elanus caerulus
- 9 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
- 9 European Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- 9 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- 9 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- 9 Shikra Accipiter badius
- 9 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- 10 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- 10 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- 10 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- 14 Double Spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
- 14 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- 14 Four Banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- 15 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- 15 Black Crake Amaurornis flavorostris
- 15 Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- 15 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- 15 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- 16 Collard Pratincole Glarecola pratincola
- 16 Spotted Thick Knee Burhinus capensis
- 16 Senegal Thick Knee Burhinus senegalensis
- 17 Black Headed Plover Vanellus tectus
- 17 Spur Winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
- 17 Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
- 17 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- 17 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- 17 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrius
- 18 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- 18 Bar Tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- 18 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- 18 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- 18 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- 18 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- 18 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- 19 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- 19 Black Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- 19 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- 19 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- 19 Sanderling Calidris alba
- 20 Black Headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- 20 Grey Headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
- 20 Slender Billed Gull Larus genei
- 21 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- 21 Lesser Black Backed Gull Larus fuscus
- 21 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
- 21 Royal Tern Sterna maxima
- 21 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
- 21 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
- 22 Gull Billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- 22 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- 22 White Winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- 22 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
- 23 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
- 23 Black Billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- 23 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- 23 Bruce’s Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- 23 African Green Pigeon Treron calva
- 23 Namaque Dove Oena capensis
- 23 Red Eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- 23 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- 23 African Collard Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- 23 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- 24 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- 24 Senegal Cougal Centropus senegalensis
- 24 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcoyx caprius
- 25 Verreaux’s Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
- 25 White Faced Scops Owl Otus leucotis
- 25 Pearl Spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- 26 Long Tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- 26 Standard Winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis
- 26 Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- 27 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- 27 Common Swift Apus apus
- 27 Little Swift Apus affinis
- 27 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- 27 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- 27 Black Wood Hoopoe Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- 27 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- 27 Eurasain Hoopoe Upupa epops
- 28 Giant Kingfisher Magaceryle maxima
- 28 Blue Breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- 28 Stripped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- 28 Grey Headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- 28 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- 28 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
- 28 Broad Billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- 28 Blue Bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- 28 Rufous Crowned Roller Coracias naevia
- 28 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssiniica
- 29 Swallow Tailed Bee Eater Merops hirundineus
- 29 Blue Cheeked Bee Eater Merops persicus
- 29 European Bee Eater Merops apiaster
- 29 Little Bee Eater Merops pusillus
- 29 White Throated Bee Eater Merops albicollis
- 29 Rose Ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- 29 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- 29 Brown Necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus
- 29 Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
- 29 Western Grey Plantain Eater Crinifer piscatoa
- 30Yellow Fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- 30 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
- 30 Vieillots Barbet Lybius vielloti
- 30 Red Billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- 30 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
- 31 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- 31 Brown Backed Woodpecker Picoides obsoletus
- 32 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- 33 Fanti Saw Wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- 33 Pied Winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- 33 Wire Tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- 33 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- 33 Red Chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- 33 House Martin Delichon urbica
- 34 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- 34 Fork Tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- 34 Yellow Wagtail Maoacilla flava
- 34 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- 34 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- 35 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- 35 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- 35 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- 35 Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- 36 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- 36 White Fronted Black Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
- 37 White Crowned Robin Chat Cossypha albicapilla
- 37 Common Redstart Phoeniculus phoeniculus
- 37 African Thrush Turdus pelios
- 38 Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
- 38 Melodius Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- 38 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
- 38 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
- 38 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- 39 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- 39 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- 39 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- 40 Tawny Flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- 40 Green Backed Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- 40 Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- 40 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- 40 Grey Backed Cameroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- 40 Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- 40 Yellow Penduline Tit Anthosopus parvulus
- 41 Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- 41 Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- 41 Nothern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- 41 Red Bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- 42 Pygmy Sunbird Anthreptes platurus
- 42 Collard Sunbird Antthreptes collaris
- 42 Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusuta
- 42 Mouse Brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- 42 Scarlet Chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis
- 42 Western Violet Backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- 42 Splendid Sunbird Nectarinia coccinigaster
- 42 Beautiful Sunbird Nectarinia pulchella
- 42 Copper Sunbird Nectarinia cuprea
- 43 Black Crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
- 43 Brubru Nilaus afer
- 43 Northern Puffback Dryosopus gambensis
- 43 Yellow Crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- 43 White Crested Helmet Shrike Prionops plumatus
- 43 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- 43 Yellow Billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- 44 Greater Blue Eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- 44 Lesser Blue Eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- 44 Purple Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- 44 Bronze Tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- 44 Long Tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- 44 Yellow Billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- 45 Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- 45 Yellow Fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
- 45 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- 45 Grey Headed Sparrow Paser griseus
- 45 Bush Petronia Petronia dentata
- 45 Chestnut Crowned Sparrow Weaver Plocepasser supercilisus
- 45 White Billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- 45 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- 45 Black Winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- 46 Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- 46 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- 46 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- 46 Black Necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- 47 Orange Cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- 47 Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens
- 47 Black Rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- 47 Red Cheeked Cordon Bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- 47 Red Billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- 47 African Silverbill Lonchura cantans
- 47 Bronze Manakin Lonchura cucullata
- 48 Red Billed Quelea Quelea quelea
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