| SPECIES |
Scientific Name |
No of days out of 8 recorded |
Highest daily count
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H.= Heard only
N/C.= No count |
| Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
1 |
10+ |
| Long-tailed Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax africanus |
4 |
N/C |
| Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
1 |
4 |
| African Darter |
Anhinga rufa [melanogaster] |
4 |
LC |
| White Pelican |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
1 |
3 |
| Pink-backed Pelican |
Pelecanus rufescens |
6 |
C |
| Black Heron |
Egretta ardesiaca |
4 |
10+ |
| Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
3 |
2 |
| Western Reef Heron |
Egretta gularis [garzetta] |
6 |
C |
| Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
6 |
C |
| Black-headed Heron |
Ardea melanocephala |
4 |
4+ |
| Goliath Heron |
Ardea goliath |
1 |
1 |
| Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
2 |
2 |
| Great White Egret |
Egretta alba |
6 |
C |
| Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
3 |
LC |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
8 |
C |
| Squacco Heron |
Ardeola ralloides |
6 |
5+ |
| Striated Heron |
Butorides striatus [striatus] |
3 |
3 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
2 |
6+ |
| White-backed Night Heron |
Gorsachius leuconotus |
1 |
1 |
| Hamerkop |
Scopus umbretta |
6 |
C |
| Yellow-billed Stork |
Mycteria ibis |
2 |
9+ |
| Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
3 |
5 |
| Marabou Stork |
Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
2 |
100+ |
| Hadada Ibis |
Bostrychia hagedash |
1 |
2 |
| Sacred Ibis |
Threskiornis aethiopicus |
1 |
40+ |
| Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
1 |
27 |
| African Spoonbill |
Platalea alba |
3 |
23 |
| Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus |
1 |
4 |
| White-faced Whistling Duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
3 |
NC |
| Spur-winged Goose |
Plectropterus gambensis |
2 |
4 |
| Comb Duck |
Sarkidiornis melanotos |
1 |
2 |
| Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
4 |
4+ |
| Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
6 |
C |
| African Fish Eagle |
Haliaeetus vocifer |
1 |
1 |
| Palm-nut Vulture |
Gypohierax angolensis |
5 |
LC |
| Hooded Vulture |
Necrosyrtes monachus |
8 |
C |
| African White-backed Vulture |
Gyps africanus |
3 |
2+ |
| Ruppell's Griffon Vulture |
Gyps rueppellii |
1 |
1 |
| Eurasian Griffon Vulture |
Gyps fulvus |
1 |
2 |
| White-headed Vulture |
Trigonoceps occipitalis |
1 |
1 |
| Beaudouin's Snake Eagle |
Circaetus beaudouini |
2 |
3 |
| Brown Snake Eagle |
Circaetus cinereus |
2 |
2 |
| Western Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
5 |
LC |
| Montagu's Harrier |
Circus pygargus |
1 |
4+ |
| African Harrier-hawk |
Polyboroides typus [radiatus] |
6 |
C |
| Lizard Buzzard |
Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
5 |
C |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk |
Melierax metabates |
5 |
C |
| Gabar Goshawk |
Micronisus gabar |
3 |
1 |
| Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
6 |
4 |
| Grasshopper Buzzard |
Butastur rufipennis |
3 |
3+ |
| Red-necked Buzzard |
Buteo augularis |
1 |
1 |
| Tawny Eagle |
Aquila rapax |
1 |
2 |
| Wahlberg's Eagle |
Aquila wahlbergi |
3 |
2+ |
| African Hawk Eagle |
Hieraaetus spilogaster [fasciatus] |
1 |
1 |
| Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
1 |
1 |
| Long-crested Eagle |
Lophaetus occipitalis |
1 |
1 |
| Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
5 |
C |
| Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
2 |
2+ |
| Grey Kestrel |
Falco ardosiaceus |
5 |
LC |
| Red-necked Falcon |
Falco chiquera |
3 |
2 |
| African Hobby |
Falco cuvierii |
2 |
1 |
| Lanner Falcon |
Falco biarmicus |
4 |
2 |
| Ahanta Francolin |
Francolinus ahatensis |
1 |
H |
| Double-spurred Francolin |
Francolinus bicalcaratus |
3 + 2h |
LC |
| Stone Partridge |
Ptilopachus petrosus |
3 |
H |
| Black Crake |
Amaurornis flavirostra |
3 |
3 |
| Black Crowned Crane |
Balearica pavonina |
1 |
2 |
| African Jacana |
Actophilornis africanus |
5 |
10+ |
| Greater Painted Snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
1 |
1 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher |
Haematopus ostralegus |
2 |
1 |
| Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
5 |
C |
| Pied Avocet |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
2 |
3+ |
| Senegal Thick-knee |
Burhinus senegalensis |
5 |
15+ |
| Spotted Thick-knee |
Burninus capensis |
1 |
1 |
| Egyptian Plover |
Pluvianus aegyptius |
1 |
10 |
| Temminck's Courser |
Cursorius temminckii |
2 |
10 |
| Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
1 |
30+ |
| Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
3 |
3+ |
| Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
3 |
LC |
| Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
2 |
NC |
| Kittlitz's Plover |
Charadrius pecuarius |
1 |
23 |
| Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
1 |
NC |
| White-fronted Plover |
Charadrius marginatus |
1 |
3 |
| Spur-winged Lapwing |
Vanellus spinosus |
7 |
C |
| Black-headed Lapwing |
Vanellus tectus |
3 |
12+ |
| Wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus senegallus |
6 |
4+ |
| Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
3 |
NC |
| Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
4 |
NC |
| Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
6 |
NC |
| Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
1 |
1 |
| Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
4 |
NC |
| Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
2 |
2 |
| Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
6 |
C |
| Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
4 |
LC |
| Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
5 |
4+ |
| Common Sandpiper |
Tringa hypoleucos |
6 |
C |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
3 |
NC |
| Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
1 |
1 |
| Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
1 |
NC |
| Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
3 |
NC |
| Temminck's Stint |
Calidris temminckii |
1 |
1 |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
3 |
LC |
| Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
2 |
NC |
| Jack Snipe |
Lymnocryptes minimus |
1 |
1 |
| Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
1 |
3 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
2 |
NC |
| Grey-headed Gull |
Larus cirrocephalus |
3 |
C |
| Slender-billed Gull |
Larus genei |
3 |
15+ |
| Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
2 |
4 |
| Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
5 |
C |
| Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
2 |
LC |
| Lesser Crested Tern |
Sterna bengalensis |
1 |
6+ |
| Sandwich Tern |
Sterna sandvicensis |
3 |
C |
| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
1 |
NC |
| Little Tern |
Sterna albifrons |
2 |
NC |
| Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
1 |
100+ |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse |
Pterocles quadricinctus |
2 |
30+ |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse |
Pterocles exustus |
1 |
2 |
| Feral Pigeon |
Columbia livia (domesticus) |
8 |
C |
| Speckled Pigeon |
Columba guinea |
8 |
C |
| European Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
1 |
1 |
| Laughing Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
8 |
C |
| African Mourning Dove |
Streptopelia decipiens |
5 |
C |
| Vinaceous Dove |
Streptopelia vinacea |
5 |
C |
| Red-eyed Dove |
Streptopelia semitorquata |
8 |
C |
| Black-billed Wood Dove |
Turtur abyssinicus [chalcospilos] |
6 |
C |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove |
Turtur afer |
2 |
3+ |
| Namaqua Dove |
Oena capensis |
4 |
LC |
| Bruce's Green Pigeon |
Treron waalia |
2 |
25+ |
| African Green Pigeon |
Treron calva [australis] |
1 |
4 |
| Brown-necked Parrot |
Poicephalus robustus |
1 |
2 |
| Senegal Parrot |
Poicephalus senegalus |
6 |
8+ |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet |
Psittacula krameri |
6 |
C |
| Green Turaco |
Tauraco persa |
1 |
1 |
| Violet Turaco |
Musophaga violacea |
4 + 1h |
2 |
| Western Grey Plantain-eater |
Crinifer piscator |
8 |
C |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo |
Oxylophus levaillantii |
1 |
1 |
| African Cuckoo |
Cuculus gularis (canorus) |
2 |
1 |
| Senegal Coucal |
Centropus senegalensis |
8 |
C |
| Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
2 |
1 |
| White-faced Scops Owl |
Otus leucotis |
1 |
1 |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl |
Bubo lacteus |
1 |
1 |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet |
Glaucidium perlatum [passerinum] |
2 |
2 |
| Long-tailed Nightjar |
Caprimulgus climacurus |
1 |
5+ |
| Standard-winged Nightjar |
Macrodipteryx longipennis |
1 |
1 |
| Mottled Spinetail |
Telacanthura ussheri |
3 |
NC |
| African Palm Swift |
Cypsiurus parvus |
7 |
C |
| Little Swift |
Apus affinis |
6 |
C |
| Malachite Kingfisher |
Alcedo cristata |
3 |
8+ |
| Woodland Kingfisher |
Halcyon senegalensis |
1 |
1 |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher |
Halcyon malimbica |
3 |
6+ |
| Striped Kingfisher |
Halcyon chelicuti |
2 |
3 |
| Giant Kingfisher |
Megaceryle maxima |
2 |
2+ |
| Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
6 |
C |
| Little Bee-eater |
Merops pusillus |
4 |
C |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops hirundineus |
2 |
4+ |
| White-throated Bee-eater |
Merops albicollis |
1 |
4+ |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
Merops persicus [superciliosus] |
2 |
NC |
| European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster |
1 |
NC |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater |
Merops nubicus |
1 |
8+ |
| Abyssinian Roller |
Coracias abyssinica |
6 |
C |
| Rufous-crowned Roller |
Coracias noevia |
4 |
C |
| Blue-bellied Roller |
Coracias cyanogaster |
5 |
C |
| Broad-billed Roller |
Eurystomus glaucurus |
7 |
C |
| Eurasian Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
1 |
3 |
| Green Wood Hoopoe |
Phoeniculus purpureus |
4 |
C |
| Black Wood Hoopoe |
Rhinopomastus aterrimus [cyanomelas] |
1 |
1 |
| Red-billed Hornbill |
Tockus erythrorhynchus |
8 |
C |
| African Pied Hornbill |
Tockus fasciatus |
1 + 1h |
9 |
| African Grey Hornbill |
Tockus nasutus |
8 |
C |
| Abyssinian Ground Hornbill |
Bucorvus abyssinicus |
1 |
2 |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
3 + 1h |
4 |
| Vieillot's Barbet |
Lybius vieilloti |
3 |
2 |
| Bearded Barbet |
Lybius dubius |
6 |
4+ |
| Greater Honeyguide |
Indicator indicator |
1 |
2 |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker |
Campethera punctuligera [nubica] |
3 |
2 |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker |
Campethera nivosa |
1 |
1 |
| Grey Woodpecker |
Dendropicos goertae |
7 |
1 |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker |
Picoides obsoletus |
2 |
1 |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark |
Eremopterix leucotis |
2 |
NC |
| Crested Lark |
Galerida cristata |
2 |
2 |
| Sand Martin |
Riparia riparia |
2 |
1 |
| Red-chested Swallow |
Hirundo lucida [rustica] |
3 |
C |
| Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
3 |
2+ |
| Pied-winged Swallow |
Hirundo leucosoma |
1 |
4+ |
| Rufous-chested Swallow |
Hirundo semirufa |
1 |
NC |
| Mosque Swallow |
Hirundo senegalensis |
3 |
LC |
| Red-rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
2 |
LC |
| House Martin |
Delichon urbica |
3 |
NC |
| Fanti Saw-wing |
Psalidoprocne obscura |
2 |
4+ |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw |
Macronyx croceus |
1 |
2 |
| Plain-backed Pipit |
Anthus leucophrys |
3 |
2+ |
| White Wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
2 |
NC |
| Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
2 |
NC |
| Common Bulbul |
Pycnonotus barbatus |
8 |
C |
| Little Greenbul |
Andropadus virens |
1 |
4+ |
| Yellow-throated Leaflove |
Chlorocichla flavicollis |
1 |
H |
| Common Nightingale |
Luscinia megarhynchos |
1 |
H |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-chat |
Cossypha niveicapilla |
2 |
1 |
| White-crowned Robin-chat |
Cossypha albicapilla |
4 |
NC |
| Rufous Bush Robin |
Cercotrichas galactotes |
1 |
1 |
| Common Redstart |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
1 |
1 |
| Northern Anteater Chat |
Myrmecocichla aethiops |
1 |
2 |
| Northern Wheatear |
Oenanthe oenanthe |
1 |
NC |
| African Thrush |
Turdus pelios [olivaceus] |
5 |
LC |
| Winding Cisticola |
Cisticola galactotes |
1 |
H |
| Rufous Cisticola |
Cisticola rufus |
1 |
1 |
| Zitting Cisticola |
Cisticola juncidis |
2 |
LC |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia |
Prinia subflava |
2 |
4 |
| Red-winged Warbler |
Heliolais erythroptera |
1 |
3+ |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis |
Apalis flavida |
1 |
1 |
| Oriole Warbler |
Hypergerus atriceps |
1 |
1 |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera |
Camaroptera brevicaudata [brachyura] |
5 |
NC |
| Olivaceous Warbler |
Hippolais pallida |
2 |
2 |
| Melodious Warbler |
Hippolais polyglotta |
2 |
1 |
| Blackcap |
Sylvia atricapilla |
3 |
NC |
| Subalpine Warbler |
Sylvia cantillans |
2 |
2 |
| Green-backed Eremomela |
Eremomela pusilla |
4 |
LC |
| Northern Crombec |
Sylvietta brachyura |
3 |
LC |
| Common Chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus collybita |
2 |
2 |
| Bonelli's Warbler |
Phylloscopus bonelli |
3 |
2 |
| Northern Black Flycatcher |
Melaenornis edolioides |
2 |
2 |
| African Blue Flycatcher |
Elminia longicauda |
1 |
3+ |
| Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher |
Terpsiphone rufiventer |
2 |
3 |
| African Paradise Flycatcher |
Terpsiphone viridis |
1 |
2 |
| Blackcap Babbler |
Turdoides reinwardtii |
3 |
LC |
| Brown Babbler |
Turdoides plebejus |
6 |
C |
| White-shouldered Black Tit |
Parus leucomelas |
1 |
3 |
| Mouse-brown Sunbird |
Anthreptes gabonicus |
1 |
3+ |
| Pygmy Sunbird |
Anthreptes platurus |
2 |
3+ |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
Nectarinia senegalensis |
3 |
4 |
| Variable Sunbird |
Nectarinia venusta |
2 |
LC |
| Splendid Sunbird |
Nectarinia coccinigastra |
3 |
NC |
| Beautiful Sunbird |
Nectarinia pulchella |
7 |
C |
| African Yellow White-eye |
Zosterops senegalensis |
1 |
3 |
| African Golden Oriole |
Oriolus auratus |
1 |
2 |
| Brubru |
Nilaus afer |
3 + 1h |
2 |
| Northern Puffback |
Dryoscopus gambensis |
2 |
3 |
| Black-crowned Tchagra |
Tchagra senegala |
3 |
2+ |
| Yellow-crowned Gonolek |
Laniarius barbarus |
6 |
C |
| Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike |
Telophorus sulfureopectus |
1 |
H |
| White-crested Helmetshrike |
Prionops plumatus |
1 |
4+ |
| Senegal Batis |
Batis enegalensis |
1 |
2 |
| Common Wattle-eye |
Platysteira cyanea |
2 |
3+ |
| Woodchat Shrike |
Lanius senator |
1 |
1 |
| Yellow-billed Shrike |
Corvinella corvina |
7 |
C |
| Fork-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus adsimilis |
6 |
C |
| Piapiac |
Ptilostomus afer |
7 |
C |
| Pied Crow |
Corvus albus |
8 |
C |
| Purple Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis purpureus |
3 |
LC |
| Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis chalcurus |
2 |
NC |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
2 |
NC |
| Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis chloropterus |
2 |
NC |
| Long-tailed Glossy Starling |
Lamprotornis caudatus |
8 |
C |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
Buphagus africanus |
3 |
2 |
| House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
4 |
NC |
| Grey-headed Sparrow |
Passer griseus |
8 |
C |
| Bush Petronia |
Petronia dentata |
2 |
NC |
| White-billed Buffalo-weaver |
Bubalornis albirostris |
5 |
20+ |
| Black-necked Weaver |
Ploceus nigricollis |
3 |
20+ |
| Village Weaver |
Ploceus cucullatus |
8 |
C |
| Red-billed Quelea |
Quelea quelea |
1 |
1 |
| Red Bishop |
Euplectes franciscanus [orix] |
2 |
NC |
| Red-billed Firefinch |
Lagonosticta senegala |
6 |
C |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu |
Uraeginthus bengalus |
6 |
C |
| Lavender Waxbill |
Estrilda caerulescens |
5 |
C |
| Black-rumped Waxbill |
Estrilda troglodytes |
2 |
NC |
| African Quailfinch |
Ortygospiza atricollis |
3 |
2 |
| African Silverbill |
Lonchura cantans |
1 |
2 |
| Bronze Mannikin |
Lonchura cucullata |
4 |
C |
| Cut-throat Finch |
Amadina fasciata |
2 |
3 |
| Village Indigobird |
Vidua chalybeata |
4 |
LC |
| Pin-tailed Whydah |
Vidua macroura |
1 |
5+ |
| Exlamatory Paradise Whydah |
Vidua interjecta |
1 |
8+ |
| White-rumped Seedeater |
Serinus leucopygius |
1 |
2 |
| Yellow-fronted Canary |
Serinus mozambicus |
4 |
LC |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting |
Emberiza tahapisi |
1 |
3 |
