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SPECIES
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Scientific Name
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No of days out of 8 recorded
|
Highest daily count
C.= Common
H.= Heard only
N/C.= No count
|
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Little Grebe
|
Tachybaptus ruficollis
|
2
|
4
|
|
Long-tailed Cormorant
|
Phalacrocorax africanus
|
8
|
C
|
|
Great Cormorant
|
Phalacrocorax carbo
|
1
|
1
|
|
African Darter
|
Anhinga rufa
|
4
|
3
|
|
White Pelican
|
Pelecanus onocrotalus
|
3
|
30
|
|
Pink-backed Pelican
|
Pelecanus rufescens
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Black Heron
|
Egretta ardesiaca
|
5
|
12
|
|
Little Egret
|
Egretta garzetta
|
8
|
N/C
|
|
Western Reef-egret
|
Egretta gularis [garzetta]
|
8
|
12+
|
|
Grey Heron
|
Ardea cinerea
|
8
|
C
|
|
Black-headed Heron
|
Ardea melanocephala
|
3
|
4
|
|
Goliath Heron
|
Ardea goliath
|
1
|
2
|
|
Purple Heron
|
Ardea purpurea
|
3
|
3
|
|
Great White Egret
|
Egretta alba
|
7
|
20+
|
|
Intermediate Egret
|
Mesophoyx intermedia
|
4
|
6
|
|
Cattle Egret
|
Bubulcus ibis
|
8
|
C
|
|
Squacco Heron
|
Ardeola ralloides
|
6
|
12
|
|
Striated Heron
|
Butorides striatus [striatus]
|
3
|
6
|
|
Black-crowned Night-heron
|
Nycticorax nycticorax
|
2
|
7
|
|
White-backed Night-heron
|
Gorsachius leuconotus
|
1
|
3
|
|
Hamerkop
|
Scopus umbretta
|
6
|
C
|
|
Yellow-billed Stork
|
Mycteria ibis
|
1
|
9
|
|
Woolly-necked Stork
|
Ciconia episcopus
|
2
|
11
|
|
Marabou Stork
|
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Hadada Ibis
|
Bostrychia hagedash
|
1
|
2
|
|
Sacred Ibis
|
Threskiornis aethiopicus
|
3
|
3
|
|
African Spoonbill
|
Platalea alba
|
1
|
6
|
|
White-faced Whistling-duck
|
Dendrocygna viduata
|
3
|
90
|
|
Spur-winged Goose
|
Plectropterus gambensis
|
1
|
30
|
|
Comb Duck
|
Sarkidiornis melanotos
|
1
|
9
|
|
Black-shouldered Kite
|
Elanus caeruleus
|
5
|
3
|
|
Black Kite
|
Milvus migrans
|
7
|
C
|
|
African Fish-eagle
|
Haliaeetus vocifer
|
1
|
3
|
|
Palm-nut Vulture
|
Gypohierax angolensis
|
6
|
5
|
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Hooded Vulture
|
Necrosyrtes monachus
|
8
|
C
|
|
African White-backed Vulture
|
Gyps africanus [bengalensis]
|
1
|
8
|
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Rüppell's Griffon-vulture
|
Gyps rueppellii
|
2
|
4
|
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Short-toed Snake-eagle
|
Circaetus gallicus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Beaudouin’s Snake-eagle
|
Circaetus g. beaudouini
|
1
|
1
|
|
Brown Snake-eagle
|
Circaetus cinereus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Bateleur
|
Terathopius ecaudatus
|
2
|
6
|
|
Western Marsh-harrier
|
Circus aeruginosus
|
5
|
14
|
|
Montagu's Harrier
|
Circus pygargus
|
1
|
2
|
|
African Harrier-hawk
|
Polyboroides typus
|
5
|
6
|
|
Lizard Buzzard
|
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
|
5
|
3
|
|
Dark Chanting-goshawk
|
Melierax metabates
|
6
|
2
|
|
Gabar Goshawk
|
Micronisus gabar
|
1
|
1
|
|
Shikra
|
Accipiter badius
|
7
|
5
|
|
Grasshopper Buzzard
|
Butastur rufipennis
|
4
|
3
|
|
Tawny Eagle
|
Aquila rapax
|
2
|
1
|
|
Wahlberg's Eagle
|
Aquila wahlbergi
|
1
|
4
|
|
African Hawk-eagle
|
Hieraaetus spilogaster
|
3
|
1
|
|
Booted Eagle
|
Hieraaetus pennatus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Martial Eagle
|
Polemaetus bellicosus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Long-crested Eagle
|
Lophaetus occipitalis
|
1
|
2
|
|
Osprey
|
Pandion haliaetus
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Common Kestrel
|
Falco tinnunculus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Grey Kestrel
|
Falco ardosiaceus
|
5
|
3
|
|
Red-necked Falcon
|
Falco chicquera
|
3
|
2
|
|
African Hobby
|
Falco cuvierii
|
1
|
1
|
|
Lanner Falcon
|
Falco biarmicus
|
1
|
5
|
|
Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Ahanta Francolin
|
Francolinus ahantensis
|
1
|
H
|
|
Double-spurred Francolin
|
Francolinus bicalcaratus
|
5
|
3
|
|
Stone Partridge
|
Ptilopachus petrosus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Black Crake
|
Amaurornis flavirostra
|
4
|
5
|
|
Purple Swamphen
|
Porphyrio porphyrio
|
1
|
2
|
|
Savile’s Bustard
|
Eupodotis savilei
|
1
|
1
|
|
African Jacana
|
Actophilornis africanus
|
3
|
5
|
|
Greater Painted-snipe
|
Rostratula benghalensis
|
1
|
2
|
|
Eurasian Oystercatcher
|
Haematopus ostralegus
|
1
|
30
|
|
Black-winged Stilt
|
Himantopus himantopus
|
6
|
C
|
|
Spotted Thick-knee
|
Burhinus capensis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Senegal Thick-knee
|
Burhinus senegalensis
|
2
|
15
|
|
Egyptian Plover
|
Pluvianus aegyptius
|
1
|
19
|
|
Temminck's Courser
|
Cursorius temminckii
|
1
|
2
|
|
Collared Pratincole
|
Glareola pratincola
|
1
|
150+
|
|
Grey Plover
|
Pluvialis squatarola
|
4
|
5
|
|
Common Ringed Plover
|
Charadrius hiaticula
|
5
|
C
|
|
Little Ringed Plover
|
Charadrius dubius
|
1
|
2
|
|
Kentish Plover
|
Charadrius alexandrinus
|
3
|
10
|
|
Spur-winged Lapwing
|
Vanellus spinosus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Black-headed Lapwing
|
Vanellus tectus
|
3
|
N/C
|
|
Wattled Lapwing
|
Vanellus senegallus
|
5
|
C
|
|
Common Snipe
|
Gallinago gallinago
|
1
|
1
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa
|
2
|
7
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa lapponica
|
4
|
6
|
|
Whimbrel
|
Numenius phaeopus
|
7
|
N/C
|
|
Common Redshank
|
Tringa totanus
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Marsh Sandpiper
|
Tringa stagnatilis
|
3
|
6
|
|
Common Greenshank
|
Tringa nebularia
|
6
|
4
|
|
Green Sandpiper
|
Tringa ochropus
|
5
|
2
|
|
Wood Sandpiper
|
Tringa glareola
|
5
|
12+
|
|
Common Sandpiper
|
Tringa hypoleucos
|
6
|
60
|
|
Ruddy Turnstone
|
Arenaria interpres
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Sanderling
|
Calidris alba
|
2
|
N/C
|
|
Little Stint
|
Calidris minuta
|
3
|
30
|
|
Dunlin
|
Calidris alpina
|
2
|
1
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper
|
Calidris ferruginea
|
2
|
40
|
|
Ruff
|
Philomachus pugnax
|
2
|
3
|
|
Pomarine Skua
|
Stercorarius pomarinus
|
1
|
3
|
|
Arctic Skua
|
Stercorarius parasiticus
|
1
|
5
|
|
Lesser Black-backed Gull
|
Larus fuscus
|
2
|
N/C
|
|
Grey-headed Gull
|
Larus cirrocephalus
|
3
|
C
|
|
Black-headed Gull
|
Larus ridibundus
|
3
|
1
|
|
Slender-billed Gull
|
Larus genei
|
2
|
5
|
|
Gull-billed Tern
|
Sterna nilotica
|
5
|
8
|
|
Caspian Tern
|
Sterna caspia
|
5
|
70
|
|
Royal Tern
|
Sterna maxima
|
2
|
6+
|
|
Lesser Crested-tern
|
Sterna bengalensis
|
1
|
2
|
|
Sandwich Tern
|
Sterna sandvicensis
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Common Tern
|
Sterna hirundo
|
1
|
1
|
|
Little Tern
|
Sterna albifrons
|
2
|
9
|
|
Black Tern
|
Chlidonias niger
|
2
|
8
|
|
Four-banded Sandgrouse
|
Pterocles quadricinctus
|
3
|
4
|
|
Speckled Pigeon
|
Columba guinea
|
7
|
C
|
|
European Turtle-dove
|
Streptopelia turtur
|
1
|
100+
|
|
Laughing Dove
|
Streptopelia senegalensis
|
8
|
C
|
|
Mourning Collared-dove
|
Streptopelia decipiens
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Vinaceous Dove
|
Streptopelia vinacea
|
7
|
C
|
|
Red-eyed Dove
|
Streptopelia semitorquata
|
7
|
C
|
|
Black-billed Wood-dove
|
Turtur abyssinicus
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Blue-spotted Wood-dove
|
Turtur afer
|
3
|
N/C
|
|
Namaqua Dove
|
Oena capensis
|
2
|
20
|
|
Bruce's Green-pigeon
|
Treron waalia
|
1
|
1
|
|
African Green-pigeon
|
Treron calva [australis]
|
3
|
4
|
|
Brown-necked Parrot
|
Poicephalus robustus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Senegal Parrot
|
Poicephalus senegalus
|
6
|
C
|
|
Rose-ringed Parakeet
|
Psittacula krameri
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Green Turaco
|
Tauraco persa
|
3
|
3
|
|
Violet Turaco
|
Musophaga violacea
|
1
|
10
|
|
Western Grey Plantain-eater
|
Crinifer piscator
|
8
|
C
|
|
Levaillant's Cuckoo
|
Oxylophus levaillantii
|
2
|
1
|
|
Klaas' Cuckoo
|
Chrysococcyx klaas
|
2
|
2
|
|
Senegal Coucal
|
Centropus senegalensis
|
8
|
C
|
|
White-faced Scops-owl
|
Otus leucotis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Verreaux's Eagle-owl
|
Bubo lacteus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Pearl-spotted Owlet
|
Glaucidium perlatum
|
2
|
1
|
|
Long-tailed Nightjar
|
Caprimulgus climacurus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Mottled Spinetail
|
Telacanthura ussheri
|
2
|
6
|
|
African Palm-swift
|
Cypsiurus parvus
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Pallid Swift
|
Apus pallidus
|
6
|
60+
|
|
Little Swift
|
Apus affinis
|
4
|
C
|
|
Malachite Kingfisher
|
Alcedo cristata
|
4
|
12
|
|
African Pygmy-kingfisher
|
Ispidina picta
|
2
|
1
|
|
Grey-headed Kingfisher
|
Halcyon leucocephala
|
1
|
1
|
|
Woodland Kingfisher
|
Halcyon senegalensis
|
3
|
2
|
|
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
|
Halcyon malimbica
|
3
|
15
|
|
Striped Kingfisher
|
Halcyon chelicuti
|
2
|
3
|
|
Giant Kingfisher
|
Megaceryle maxima
|
3
|
2
|
|
Pied Kingfisher
|
Ceryle rudis
|
7
|
60+
|
|
Little Bee-eater
|
Merops pusillus
|
5
|
10+
|
|
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
|
Merops hirundineus
|
3
|
8
|
|
White-throated Bee-eater
|
Merops albicollis
|
1
|
5
|
|
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
|
Merops persicus
|
3
|
20+
|
|
European Bee-eater
|
Merops apiaster
|
2
|
40
|
|
Abyssinian Roller
|
Coracias abyssinica
|
6
|
10+
|
|
Rufous-crowned Roller
|
Coracias noevia
|
5
|
6
|
|
Blue-bellied Roller
|
Coracias cyanogaster
|
5
|
6
|
|
Broad-billed Roller
|
Eurystomus glaucurus
|
4
|
12+
|
|
Green Woodhoopoe
|
Phoeniculus purpureus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Black Scimitar-bill
|
Rhinopomastus aterrimus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Red-billed Hornbill
|
Tockus erythrorhynchus
|
7
|
C
|
|
African Pied Hornbill
|
Tockus fasciatus
|
3
|
7
|
|
African Grey Hornbill
|
Tockus nasutus
|
4
|
C
|
|
Abyssinian Ground-hornbill
|
Bucorvus abyssinicus
|
1
|
4
|
|
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
|
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Vieillot's Barbet
|
Lybius vieilloti
|
2
|
2
|
|
Bearded Barbet
|
Lybius dubius
|
3
|
3
|
|
Greater Honeyguide
|
Indicator indicator
|
1
|
1
|
|
Lesser Honeyguide
|
Indicator minor
|
2
|
1
|
|
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
|
Campethera punctuligera
|
2
|
2
|
|
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
|
Campethera nivosa
|
1
|
1
|
|
Cardinal Woodpecker
|
Dendropicos fuscescens
|
1
|
2
|
|
Grey Woodpecker
|
Dendropicos goertae
|
5
|
2
|
|
Brown-backed Woodpecker
|
Dendropicos obsoletus
|
2
|
1
|
|
Chestnut-backed Finch-lark
|
Eremopterix leucotis
|
1
|
30
|
|
Crested Lark
|
Galerida cristata
|
1
|
4
|
|
Sand Martin
|
Riparia riparia
|
1
|
5
|
|
Red-chested Swallow
|
Hirundo lucida [rustica]
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Wire-tailed Swallow
|
Hirundo smithii
|
5
|
N/C
|
|
Rufous-chested Swallow
|
Hirundo semirufa
|
1
|
6
|
|
Mosque Swallow
|
Hirundo senegalensis
|
2
|
15
|
|
Red-rumped Swallow
|
Hirundo daurica
|
1
|
6
|
|
House Martin
|
Delichon urbica
|
2
|
N/C
|
|
Fanti Sawwing
|
Psalidoprocne obscura
|
3
|
12
|
|
Yellow-throated Longclaw
|
Macronyx croceus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Plain-backed Pipit
|
Anthus leucophrys
|
4
|
2
|
|
White Wagtail
|
Motacilla alba
|
2
|
N/C
|
|
Yellow Wagtail
|
Motacilla flava
|
2
|
8
|
|
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
|
Coracina pectoralis
|
1
|
2
|
|
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
|
Campephaga phoenicea
|
1
|
5
|
|
Common Bulbul
|
Pycnonotus barbatus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Little Greenbul
|
Andropadus virens
|
1
|
3
|
|
Yellow-throated Greenbul
|
Chlorocichla flavicollis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Grey-headed Bristlebill
|
Bleda canicapilla
|
1
|
1
|
|
Common Nightingale
|
Luscinia megarhynchos
|
1
|
H
|
|
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat
|
Cossypha niveicapilla
|
2
|
1
|
|
White-crowned Robin-chat
|
Cossypha albicapilla
|
4
|
2
|
|
Common Redstart
|
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Northern Wheatear
|
Oenanthe oenanthe
|
2
|
3
|
|
African Thrush
|
Turdus pelios [olivaceus]
|
5
|
12+
|
|
Siffling Cisticola
|
Cisticola brachypterus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Rufous Cisticola
|
Cisticola rufus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Zitting Cisticola
|
Cisticola juncidis
|
6
|
6+
|
|
Tawny-flanked Prinia
|
Prinia subflava
|
4
|
4
|
|
Red-winged Warbler
|
Heliolais erythroptera
|
1
|
1
|
|
Yellow-breasted Apalis
|
Apalis flavida
|
1
|
1
|
|
Oriole Warbler
|
Hypergerus atriceps
|
1
|
2
|
|
Grey-backed Camaroptera
|
Camaroptera brevicaudata
|
2
|
3
|
|
Sedge Warbler
|
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Olivaceous Warbler
|
Hippolais pallida
|
1
|
2
|
|
Melodious Warbler
|
Hippolais polyglotta
|
3
|
4
|
|
Common Whitethroat
|
Sylvia communis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Subalpine Warbler
|
Sylvia cantillans
|
3
|
3
|
|
Senegal Eremomela
|
Eremomela pusilla
|
2
|
4
|
|
Northern Crombec
|
Sylvietta brachyura
|
3
|
2
|
|
Common Chiffchaff
|
Phylloscopus collybita
|
3
|
2
|
|
Northern Black-flycatcher
|
Melaenornis edolioides
|
2
|
4
|
|
Black-headed Paradise-flycatcher
|
Terpsiphone rufiventer
|
2
|
3
|
|
African Paradise-flycatcher
|
Terpsiphone viridis
|
2
|
1
|
|
Blackcap Babbler
|
Turdoides reinwardtii
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Brown Babbler
|
Turdoides plebejus
|
6
|
C
|
|
Mouse-brown Sunbird
|
Anthreptes gabonicus
|
1
|
8
|
|
Collared Sunbird
|
Anthreptes collaris
|
1
|
3
|
|
Pygmy Sunbird
|
Anthreptes platurus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
|
Nectarinia senegalensis
|
4
|
1
|
|
Variable Sunbird
|
Nectarinia venusta
|
5
|
C
|
|
Splendid Sunbird
|
Nectarinia coccinigastra
|
4
|
N/C
|
|
Beautiful Sunbird
|
Nectarinia pulchella
|
6
|
C
|
|
African Golden Oriole
|
Oriolus auratus
|
1
|
2
|
|
Brubru
|
Nilaus afer
|
1
|
1
|
|
Northern Puffback
|
Dryoscopus gambensis
|
2
|
4
|
|
Black-crowned Tchagra
|
Tchagra senegala
|
2
|
2
|
|
Common Gonolek
|
Laniarius barbarus
|
7
|
N/C
|
|
White Helmetshrike
|
Prionops plumatus
|
1
|
4
|
|
Senegal Batis
|
Batis senegalensis
|
1
|
1
|
|
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
|
Platysteira cyanea
|
1
|
2
|
|
Woodchat Shrike
|
Lanius senator
|
3
|
2
|
|
Yellow-billed Shrike
|
Corvinella corvina
|
7
|
C
|
|
Fork-tailed Drongo
|
Dicrurus adsimilis
|
6
|
6+
|
|
Piapiac
|
Ptilostomus afer
|
6
|
C
|
|
Pied Crow
|
Corvus albus
|
8
|
C
|
|
Purple Glossy-starling
|
Lamprotornis purpureus
|
1
|
5
|
|
Bronze-tailed Glossy-starling
|
Lamprotornis chalcurus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling
|
Lamprotornis chloropterus
|
2
|
4
|
|
Splendid Glossy-starling
|
Lamprotornis splendidus
|
1
|
6
|
|
Long-tailed Glossy-starling
|
Lamprotornis caudatus
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
|
Buphagus africanus
|
2
|
5
|
|
House Sparrow
|
Passer domesticus
|
2
|
2
|
|
Grey-headed Sparrow
|
Passer griseus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Sudan Golden-sparrow
|
Passer luteus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bush Petronia
|
Petronia dentata
|
2
|
10+
|
|
White-billed Buffalo-weaver
|
Bubalornis albirostris
|
5
|
C
|
|
Little Weaver
|
Ploceus luteolus
|
1
|
1
|
|
Black-necked Weaver
|
Ploceus nigricollis
|
3
|
15
|
|
Village Weaver
|
Ploceus cucullatus
|
7
|
C
|
|
Red-billed Quelea
|
Quelea quelea
|
1
|
3
|
|
Yellow-crowned Bishop
|
Euplectes afer
|
1
|
1
|
|
Orange Bishop
|
Euplectes franciscanus
|
3
|
N/C
|
|
Red-billed Firefinch
|
Lagonosticta senegala
|
6
|
N/C
|
|
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
|
Uraeginthus bengalus
|
5
|
10+
|
|
Lavender Waxbill
|
Estrilda caerulescens
|
4
|
2
|
|
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
|
Estrilda melpoda
|
2
|
3
|
|
Black-rumped Waxbill
|
Estrilda troglodytes
|
1
|
20
|
|
African Quailfinch
|
Ortygospiza atricollis
|
2
|
1
|
|
African Silverbill
|
Lonchura cantans
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bronze Mannikin
|
Lonchura cucullata
|
8
|
C
|
|
Cut-throat
|
Amadina fasciata
|
1
|
12
|
|
Village Indigobird
|
Vidua chalybeata
|
2
|
1
|
|
Exlamatory Paradise-whydah
|
Vidua interjecta
|
2
|
10
|
|
White-rumped Seedeater
|
Serinus leucopygius
|
1
|
4
|
|
Yellow-fronted Canary
|
Serinus mozambicus
|
4
|
6
|
