The naming convention is taken from a 'Sibley and Munroe' list and probably I'll rename it in line with Clive Barlow's Field Guide names when I get round to it !
The Latin names should be OK though.
We spent the first week just sat around the Senegambia Hotel with one trip out with the resident bird man - Maas Cham to see some Nightjars , a brief walk down to Bijilo Forest and a stop at Bukau Crocodile Pool on the way to Banjul. The second week was 'The Plover Week' as arranged by the Gambia Experience which included trips to Abuko, a boat trip from Lamin Lodge and a boat trip from Denton Bridge, a walk around the Kotu area and a trip to Pirang shrimp farms and some bush south of there.
A - Abuko, B - Bijilo, K - Kotu area & Fajara Golf Course, L - Lamin Lodge boat trip, P - Pirang, S - Senegambia Hotel
1 |
Francolinus bicalcaratus |
Double-spurred Francolin |
(P) |
2 |
Dendrocygna viduata |
White-faced Whistling-Duck |
(Kotu sewage ponds) |
3 |
Indicator indicator |
Greater Honeyguide |
(A) |
4 |
Campethera punctuligera |
Fine-spotted Woodpecker |
(S) |
5 |
Dendropicos goertae |
Grey Woodpecker |
(S) |
6 |
Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird |
(S) |
7 |
Lybius dubius |
Bearded Barbet |
(S) |
8 |
Tockus erythrorhynchus |
Red-billed Hornbill |
(S) |
9 |
Tockus fasciatus |
African Pied Hornbill |
(A) |
10 |
Tockus nasutus |
African Grey Hornbill |
(S) |
11 |
Phoeniculus purpureus |
Green Woodhoopoe |
(S) |
12 |
Coracias abyssinica |
Abyssinian Roller |
(K) |
13 |
Coracias naevia |
Rufous-crowned Roller |
(P) |
14 |
Coracias cyanogaster |
Blue-bellied Roller |
(K) |
15 |
Eurystomus glaucurus |
Broad-billed Roller |
(S) |
16 |
Alcedo cristata |
Malachite Kingfisher |
(K) |
17 |
Halcyon senegalensis |
Woodland Kingfisher |
(K) |
18 |
Halcyon malimbica |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher |
(S) |
19 |
Halcyon chelicuti |
Striped Kingfisher |
(K) |
20 |
Megaceryle maxima |
Giant Kingfisher |
(Camalou corner) |
21 |
Ceryle rudis |
Pied Kingfisher |
(A) |
22 |
Merops pusillus |
Little Bee-eater |
(B) |
23 |
Merops hirundineus |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
(B) |
24 |
Merops albicollis |
White-throated Bee-eater |
(B) |
25 |
Merops persicus |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
(L) |
26 |
Merops apiaster |
European Bee-eater |
(P) |
27 |
Centropus senegalensis |
Senegal Coucal |
(S) |
28 |
Poicephalus senegalus |
Senegal Parrot |
(L) |
29 |
Psittacula krameri |
Rose-ringed Parakeet |
(S) |
30 |
Telacanthura ussheri |
Mottled Spinetail |
(A) |
31 |
Cypsiurus parvus |
African Palm-Swift |
(S) |
32 |
Apus affinis |
Little Swift |
{Denton bridge) |
33 |
Musophaga violacea |
Violet Turaco |
(A) |
34 |
Crinifer piscator |
Western Grey Plantain-eater |
(S) |
35 |
Otus senegalensis |
African Scops-Owl |
(S) |
36 |
Glaucidium perlatum |
Pearl-spotted Owlet |
(K) |
37 |
Caprimulgus climacurus |
Long-tailed Nightjar |
(K) |
38 |
Columba guinea |
Speckled Pigeon |
(S) |
39 |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
Laughing Dove |
(S) |
40 |
Streptopelia decipiens |
Mourning Collared-Dove |
(S) |
41 |
Streptopelia vinacea |
Vinaceous Dove |
(S) |
42 |
Streptopelia semitorquata |
Red-eyed Dove |
(S) |
43 |
Turtur abyssinicus |
Black-billed Wood-Dove |
(S) |
44 |
Turtur afer |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove |
(S) |
45 |
Oena capensis |
Namaqua Dove |
(L) |
46 |
Balearica pavonina |
Black Crowned-Crane |
(P) |
47 |
Amaurornis flavirostra |
Black Crake |
(Bukau Crocodile pool) |
48 |
Limosa lapponica |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
(L) |
49 |
Numenius phaeopus |
Whimbrel |
(L) |
50 |
Numenius arquata |
Eurasian Curlew |
(L) |
51 |
Tringa totanus |
Common Redshank |
(L) |
52 |
Tringa stagnatilis |
Marsh Sandpiper |
(K) |
53 |
Tringa nebularia |
Common Greenshank |
(K) |
54 |
Tringa glareola |
Wood Sandpiper |
(K) |
55 |
Tringa hypoleucos |
Common Sandpiper |
(K) |
56 |
Arenaria interpres |
Ruddy Turnstone |
(K) |
57 |
Philomachus pugnax |
Ruff |
(Kotu sewage ponds) |
58 |
Actophilornis africanus |
African Jacana |
(A) |
59 |
Burhinus senegalensis |
Senegal Thick-knee |
(L) |
60 |
Haematopus ostralegus |
Eurasian Oystercatcher |
(Bund Rd) |
61 |
Himantopus himantopus |
Black-winged Stilt |
(K) |
62 |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
Pied Avocet |
(Bund Rd) |
63 |
Pluvialis squatarola |
Grey Plover |
(L) |
64 |
Charadrius hiaticula |
Common Ringed Plover |
(L) |
65 |
Vanellus spinosus |
Spur-winged Lapwing |
(K) |
66 |
Vanellus tectus |
Black-headed Lapwing |
(K) |
67 |
Vanellus senegallus |
Wattled Lapwing |
(S) |
68 |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Pomarine Jaeger |
(off Kotu Beach) |
69 |
Larus audouinii |
Audouin's Gull |
(2nd year bird on a post in the shipyard at the end of Bund Rd) |
70 |
Larus dominicanus |
Kelp Gull |
(Bund Rd) |
71 |
Larus cachinnans |
Yellow-legged Gull |
(Bund Rd) |
72 |
Larus fuscus graellsi |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
(S) |
73 |
Larus cirrocephalus |
Grey-headed Gull |
(S) |
74 |
Larus ridibundus |
Common Black-headed Gull |
(Bund Rd) |
75 |
Larus genei |
Slender-billed Gull |
(S) |
76 |
Sterna nilotica |
Gull-billed Tern |
(K) |
77 |
Sterna caspia |
Caspian Tern |
(S) |
78 |
Sterna maxima |
Royal Tern |
(Bund Rd) |
79 |
Sterna bengalensis |
Lesser Crested-Tern |
(S) |
80 |
Sterna sandvicensis |
Sandwich Tern |
(S) |
81 |
Pandion haliaetus |
Osprey |
(B) |
82 |
Elanus caeruleus |
Black-winged Kite |
(L) |
83 |
Milvus migrans parasitus |
Black Kite |
(S) |
84 |
Gypohierax angolensis |
Palm-nut Vulture |
(S) |
85 |
Necrosyrtes monachus |
Hooded Vulture |
(S) |
86 |
Gyps rueppellii |
Rueppell's Griffon |
(A) |
87 |
Circus aeruginosus |
Western Marsh-Harrier |
(L) |
88 |
Polyboroides typus |
African Harrier-Hawk |
(S) |
89 |
Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
Lizard Buzzard |
(K) |
90 |
Melierax metabates |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
(S) |
91 |
Accipiter badius |
Shikra |
(S) |
92 |
Aquila rapax |
Tawny Eagle |
(P) |
93 |
Lophaetus occipitalis |
Long-crested Eagle |
(L) |
94 |
Falco tinnunculus |
Common Kestrel |
(P) |
95 |
Falco ardosiaceus |
Grey Kestrel |
(S) |
96 |
Falco biarmicus |
Lanner Falcon |
(Kotu sewage ponds) |
97 |
Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon |
(Bund Rd) |
98 |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Little Grebe |
(Kotu sewage ponds) |
99 |
Anhinga rufa |
African Darter |
(A) |
100 |
Phalacrocorax africanus |
Long-tailed Cormorant |
(A) |
101 |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great Cormorant |
(Bund Rd) |
102 |
Egretta ardesiaca |
Black Heron |
(K) |
103 |
Egretta garzetta |
Little Egret |
(Bund Rd) |
104 |
Egretta gularis |
Western Reef-Egret |
(L) |
105 |
Ardea cinerea |
Grey Heron |
(A) |
106 |
Ardea melanocephala |
Black-headed Heron |
(K) |
107 |
Ardea goliath |
Goliath Heron |
(L) |
108 |
Ardea purpurea |
Purple Heron |
(L) |
109 |
Aredea alba |
Great Egret |
(L) |
110 |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Intermediate Egret |
(K) |
111 |
Bubulcus ibis |
Cattle Egret |
(S) |
112 |
Ardeola ralloides |
Squacco Heron |
(K) |
113 |
Butorides striatus |
Striated Heron |
(A) |
114 |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
(Bukau Crocodile pool) |
115 |
Scopus umbretta |
Hamerkop |
(Bukau Crocodile pool) |
116 |
Phoenicopterus ruber |
Greater Flamingo |
(Bund Rd) |
117 |
Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Sacred Ibis |
(L) |
118 |
Platalea alba |
African Spoonbill |
(Bund Rd) |
119 |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
Great White Pelican |
(S) |
120 |
Pelecanus rufescens |
Pink-backed Pelican |
(Bund Rd) |
121 |
Mycteria ibis |
Yellow-billed Stork |
(L) |
122 |
Lanius senator |
Woodchat Shrike |
(L) |
123 |
Corvinella corvina |
Yellow-billed Shrike |
(S) |
124 |
Ptilostomus afer |
Piapiac |
(S) |
125 |
Corvus albus |
Pied Crow |
(S) |
126 |
Oriolus auratus |
African Golden-Oriole |
(P) |
127 |
Dicrurus adsimilis |
Fork-tailed Drongo |
(A) |
128 |
Terpsiphone rufiventer |
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher |
(A) |
129 |
Dryoscopus gambensis |
Northern Puffback |
(S) |
130 |
Laniarius barbarus |
Common Gonolek |
(S) |
131 |
Platysteira cyanea |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye |
(A) |
132 |
Turdus pelios |
African Thrush |
(S) |
133 |
Melaenornis edolioides |
Northern Black-Flycatcher |
(S) |
134 |
Cossypha niveicapilla |
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat |
(S) |
135 |
Cossypha albicapilla |
White-crowned Robin-Chat |
(S) |
136 |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
Common Redstart |
(L) |
137 |
Oenanthe oenanthe |
Northern Wheatear |
(P) |
138 |
Lamprotornis purpureus |
Purple Glossy-Starling |
(S) |
139 |
Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling |
(S) |
140 |
Lamprotornis chloropterus |
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling |
(P) |
141 |
Lamprotornis caudatus |
Long-tailed Glossy-Starling |
(S) |
142 |
Hirundo lucida |
Red-chested Swallow |
(B) |
143 |
Hirundo smithii |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
(Bund Rd) |
144 |
Hirundo senegalensis |
Mosque Swallow |
(P) |
145 |
Pycnonotus barbatus |
Garden Bulbul |
(S) |
146 |
Andropadus virens |
Little Greenbul |
(A) |
147 |
Bleda canicapilla |
Grey-headed Bristlebill |
(A) |
148 |
Cisticola cantans |
Singing Cisticola |
(B) |
149 |
Cisticola juncidis |
Zitting Cisticola |
(K) |
150 |
Prinia subflava |
Tawny-flanked Prinia |
(K) |
151 |
Hypergerus atriceps |
Oriole Warbler |
(S) |
152 |
Camaroptera brachyura |
Green-backed Camaroptera |
(S) |
153 |
Hippolais pallida |
Olivaceous Warbler |
(S) |
154 |
Phylloscopus trochilus |
Willow Warbler |
(S) |
155 |
Turdoides reinwardtii |
Blackcap Babbler |
(S) |
156 |
Turdoides plebejus |
Brown Babbler |
(S) |
157 |
Sylvia cantillans |
Subalpine Warbler |
(L) |
158 |
Galerida cristata |
Crested Lark |
(P) |
159 |
Anthreptes gabonicus |
Mouse-brown Sunbird |
(L) |
160 |
Nectarinia senegalensis |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
(A) |
161 |
Nectarinia venusta |
Variable Sunbird |
(S) |
162 |
Nectarinia coccinigaster |
Splendid Sunbird |
(S) |
163 |
Nectarinia pulchella |
Beautiful Sunbird |
(S) |
164 |
Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow |
(S) |
165 |
Passer griseus |
Grey-headed Sparrow |
(S) |
166 |
Petronia dentata |
Bush Petronia |
(S) |
167 |
Motacilla alba |
White Wagtail |
(Bund Rd) |
168 |
Motacilla flava flavissima |
Yellow Wagtail |
(K) |
169 |
Anthus cervinus |
Red-throated Pipit |
(P) |
170 |
Bubalornis albirostris |
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
(K) |
171 |
Ploceus nigricollis |
Black-necked Weaver |
(S) |
172 |
Ploceus cucullatus |
Village Weaver |
(S) |
173 |
Euplectes franciscanus |
Orange Bishop |
(L) |
174 |
Lagonosticta senegala |
Red-billed Firefinch |
(S) |
175 |
Uraeginthus bengalus |
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu |
(S) |
176 |
Estrilda caerulescens |
Lavender Waxbill |
(S) |
177 |
Ortygospiza atricollis |
African Quailfinch |
(P) |
178 |
Lonchura cucullata |
Bronze Munia |
(S) |
179 |
Serinus mozambicus |
Yellow-fronted Canary |
(P) |
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