| 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 |
1 |
| Long-tailed Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax africanus |
6 |
4+ |
| Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
1 |
8+ |
| African Darter |
Anhingarufa [ melanogaster] |
6 |
10+ |
| White Pelican |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
3 |
10 |
| Pink-backed Pelican |
Pelecanus rufescens |
4 |
10 |
| Black Heron |
Egretta ardesiaca |
4 |
10+ |
| Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
5 |
2 |
| Western Reef-egret |
Egretta gularis [ garzetta] |
6 |
LC |
| Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
6 |
LC |
| Black-headed Heron |
Ardea melanocephala |
3 |
2 |
| Goliath Heron |
Ardea goliath |
2 |
2 |
| Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
4 |
2 |
| Great White Egret |
Egretta alba |
4 |
LC |
| Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
4 |
LC |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
7 |
30+ |
| Squacco Heron |
Ardeola ralloides |
5 |
7+ |
| Striated Heron |
Butorides striatus [ striatus] |
3 |
2 |
| Black-crowned Night-heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
2 |
10 |
| White-backed Night-heron |
Gorsachius leuconotus |
1 |
1 |
| Hamerkop |
Scopusumbretta |
5 |
N/C |
| Yellow-billed Stork |
Mycteria ibis |
2 |
2 |
| Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
1 |
3 |
| Marabou Stork |
Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
1 |
3 |
| Hadada Ibis |
Bostrychia hagedash |
1 |
2 |
| Sacred Ibis |
Threskiornis aethiopicus |
2 |
1 |
| White-faced Whistling-duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
2 |
13 |
| Spur-winged Goose |
Plectropterus gambensis |
2 |
1 |
| Comb Duck |
Sarkidiornis melanotos |
1 |
9 |
| Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
5 |
4+ |
| Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
7 |
C |
| African Fish-eagle |
Haliaeetus vocifer |
1 |
3 |
| Palm-nut Vulture |
Gypohierax angolensis |
7 |
3 |
| Hooded Vulture |
Necrosyrtes monachus |
8 |
C |
| European Griffon Vulture |
Gypsfulvus |
1 |
1 |
| Beaudouin's Snake-eagle |
Circaetus beaudouini |
1 |
1 |
| Banded Snake-eagle |
Circaetus cinerascens |
3 |
3 |
| Western Marsh-harrier |
Circusaeruginosus |
4 |
4 |
| African Harrier-hawk |
Polyboroides typus [ radiatus] |
7 |
4 |
| Lizard Buzzard |
Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
7 |
6 |
| Dark Chanting-goshawk |
Melierax metabates |
3 |
4 |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter ovampensis |
1 |
1 |
| Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
7 |
6 |
| Grasshopper Buzzard |
Butastur rufipennis |
3 |
20+ |
| Tawny Eagle |
Aquila rapax |
2 |
4 |
| Wahlberg's Eagle |
Aquila wahlbergi |
1 |
3 |
| African Hawk-eagle |
Hieraaetus spilogaster [ fasciatus] |
3 |
2 |
| Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
1 |
1 |
| Martial Eagle |
Polemaetus bellicosus |
1 |
1 |
| Long-crested Eagle |
Lophaetus occipitalis |
3 |
2 |
| Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
7 |
LC |
| Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
2 |
2 |
| Grey Kestrel |
Falco ardosiaceus |
5 |
2 |
| Eurasian Hobby |
Falco subbuteo |
1 |
1 |
| African Hobby |
Falco cuvierii |
1 |
1 |
| Lanner Falcon |
Falco biarmicus |
2 |
2 |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
1 |
1 |
| Double-spurred Francolin |
Francolinus bicalcaratus |
6 |
5 |
| Stone Partridge |
Ptilopachus petrosus |
1 2h |
3 |
| Small Buttonquail |
Turnix sylvatica |
1 |
1 |
| Black Crake |
Amaurornis flavirostra |
1 |
3 |
| Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
1 |
2 |
| Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
1 |
2 |
| African Finfoot |
Podica senegalensis |
1 |
1 |
| Black Crowned-crane |
Balearica pavonina
|
1
|
3
|
| African Jacana |
Actophilornis africanus |
3 |
7 |
| Greater Painted-snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
1 |
1 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher |
Haematopus ostralegus |
1 |
10+ |
| Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
4 |
LC |
| Senegal
Thick-knee |
Burhinus senegalensis |
5 |
30+ |
| Egyptian Plover |
Pluvianus aegyptius |
1 |
4 |
| Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
1 |
2 |
| Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
3 |
5+ |
| Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
3 |
6 |
| Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
1 |
2 |
| Kittlitz's Plover |
Charadrius pecuarius |
1 |
2 |
| Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
1 |
2 |
| White-fronted Plover |
Charadrius marginatus |
1 |
2 |
| Spur-winged Lapwing |
Vanellus spinosus |
6 |
LC |
| Black-headed Lapwing |
Vanellus tectus |
3 |
6 |
| Wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus senegallus |
5 |
LC |
| Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
1 |
25+ |
| Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
2 |
N/C |
| Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
6 |
N/C |
| Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
2 |
N/C |
| Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
4 |
6+ |
| Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
2 |
3 |
| Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
6 |
N/C |
| Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
1 |
1 |
| Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
5 |
N/C |
| Common Sandpiper |
Tringa hypoleucos |
5 |
3+ |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
2 |
N/C |
| Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
2 |
6 |
| Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
1 |
N/C |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
1 |
N/C |
| Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
1 |
N/C |
| Arctic Skua |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
1 |
N/C |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
2 |
LC |
| Grey-headed Gull |
Larus cirrocephalus |
4 |
LC |
| Slender-billed Gull |
Larus genei |
1 |
5 |
| Gull-billed Tern |
Sternanilotica |
2 |
2 |
| Caspian Tern |
Sternacaspia |
5 |
10+ |
| Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
3 |
3 |
| Lesser Crested-tern |
Sternabengalensis |
1 |
1 |
| Sandwich Tern |
Sternasandvicensis |
5 |
10+ |
| Common Tern |
Sternahirundo |
3 |
N/C |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse |
Pterocles quadricinctus |
3 |
2 |
| Speckled Pigeon |
Columba guinea |
8 |
C |
| European Turtle-dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
1 |
1 |
| Laughing Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
8 |
C |
| Mourning Collared-dove |
Streptopelia decipiens |
6 |
C |
| Vinaceous Dove |
Streptopelia vinacea |
6 |
C |
| Red-eyed Dove |
Streptopelia semitorquata |
7 |
C |
| Black-billed Wood-dove |
Turtur abyssinicus [ chalcospilos] |
6 |
N/C |
| Blue-spotted Wood-dove |
Turtur afer |
2 |
2 |
| Namaqua Dove |
Oena capensis |
4 |
50+ |
| Bruce's Green-pigeon |
Treron waalia |
1 |
6+ |
| African Green-pigeon |
Treron calva [ australis] |
3 |
10 |
| Senegal
Parrot |
Poicephalus senegalus |
6 |
20+ |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet |
Psittacula krameri |
6 |
LC |
| Violet Turaco |
Musophaga violacea |
4 |
3 |
| Western Grey Plantain-eater |
Crinifer piscator |
7 |
C |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo |
Oxylophus levaillantii |
1 |
1 |
| Senegal
Coucal |
Centropus senegalensis |
7 |
LC |
| Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
1 |
1 |
| White-faced Scops-owl |
Otus leucotis |
1 |
1 |
| Verreaux's Eagle-owl |
Bubolacteus |
1 |
1 |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet |
Glaucidium perlatum [ passerinum] |
3 |
1 |
| Long-tailed Nightjar |
Caprimulgus climacurus |
1 |
2 |
| Standard-winged Nightjar |
Macrodipteryx longipennis |
1 |
2 |
| Mottled Spinetail |
Telacanthura ussheri |
2 |
10+ |
| African Palm-swift |
Cypsiurus parvus |
8 |
C |
| Pallid Swift |
Apus pallidus |
3 |
N/C |
| Little Swift |
Apus affinis |
6 |
20+ |
| Malachite Kingfisher |
Alcedo cristata |
4 |
7 |
| African Pygmy-kingfisher |
Ispidina picta |
1 |
1 |
| Woodland Kingfisher |
Halcyonsenegalensis |
1 |
1 |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher |
Halcyonmalimbica |
2 |
15 |
| Striped Kingfisher |
Halcyonchelicuti |
2 |
1 |
| Giant Kingfisher |
Megaceryle maxima |
3 |
3 |
| Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
6 |
LC |
| Little Bee-eater |
Merops pusillus |
6 |
LC |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops hirundineus |
1 |
6 |
| White-throated Bee-eater |
Merops albicollis |
1 |
2 |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
Merops persicus [ superciliosus] |
2 |
N/C |
| European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster |
1 |
N/C |
| Abyssinian Roller |
Coracias abyssinica |
5 |
2+ |
| Rufous-crowned Roller |
Coracias noevia |
2 |
3 |
| Blue-bellied Roller |
Coracias cyanogaster |
6 |
10+ |
| Broad-billed Roller |
Eurystomus glaucurus |
8 |
LC |
| Eurasian Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
2 |
1 |
| Green Woodhoopoe |
Phoeniculus purpureus |
8 |
N/C |
| Black Scimitar-bill |
Rhinopomastus aterrimus [ cyanomelas] |
1 |
1 |
| Red-billed Hornbill |
Tockus erythrorhynchus |
8 |
LC |
| African Pied Hornbill |
Tockus fasciatus |
3 |
3 |
| African Grey Hornbill |
Tockus nasutus |
7 |
LC |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
3 |
2 |
| Vieillot's Barbet |
Lybius vieilloti |
1 |
2 |
| Bearded Barbet |
Lybius dubius |
7 |
6 |
| Lesser Honeyguide |
Indicator minor |
1 |
1 |
| Eurasian Wryneck |
Jynx torquilla |
1 |
1 |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker |
Campethera punctuligera [ nubica] |
3 |
3 |
| Grey Woodpecker |
Dendropicos goertae |
6 |
6 |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark |
Eremopterix leucotis |
1 |
2 |
| Crested Lark |
Galerida cristata |
1 |
2 |
| Sand Martin |
Riparia riparia |
1 |
1 |
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
2 |
N/C |
| Red- chested Swallow |
Hirundo lucida [ rustica] |
5 |
LC |
| Wire-tailed Swallow |
Hirundo smithii |
2 |
2+ |
| Pied-winged Swallow |
Hirundo leucosoma |
2 |
3 |
| Rufous-chested Swallow |
Hirundo semirufa |
2 |
3+ |
| Mosque Swallow |
Hirundo senegalensis |
1 |
2 |
| Red- rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
2 |
3+ |
| House Martin |
Delichon urbica |
1 |
N/C |
| Fanti Sawwing |
Psalidoprocne obscura |
2 |
3 |
| Plain-backed Pipit |
Anthus leucophrys |
2 |
2 |
| White Wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
2 |
3 |
| Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
4 |
2+ |
| Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike |
Campephaga phoenicea [ flava] |
1 |
1 |
| Common Bulbul |
Pycnonotus barbatus |
8 |
C |
| Little Greenbul |
Andropadus virens |
1 |
6+ |
| Yellow-throated Leaflove |
Chlorocichla flavicollis |
2 |
1 |
| Common Nightingale |
Luscinia megarhynchos |
1 |
H |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-chat |
Cossypha niveicapilla |
2 |
3 |
| White-crowned Robin-chat |
Cossypha albicapilla |
4 |
6 |
| Rufous Bush Robin |
Cercotrichas galactotes |
1 |
1 |
| Whinchat |
Saxicola rubetra |
2 |
1 |
| Northern Wheatear |
Oenanthe oenanthe |
1 |
2 |
| African Thrush |
Turdus pelios [ olivaceus] |
8 |
C |
| Singing Cisticola |
Cisticola cantans |
1 |
1 |
| Winding Cisticola |
Cisticola galactotes |
1 |
1 |
| Rufous Cisticola |
Cisticola rufus |
1 |
1 |
| Zitting Cisticola |
Cisticola juncidis |
4 |
3 |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia |
Prinia subflava |
1 |
1 |
| Red-winged Warbler |
Heliolais erythroptera |
1 |
H |
| Oriole Warbler |
Hypergerus atriceps |
2 +1h |
2 |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera |
Camaroptera brevicaudata [ brachyura] |
3 |
4 |
| Eurasian Reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
2 |
1 |
| Savi's Warbler |
Locustella luscinioides |
1 |
1st record for Gambia
|
| Olivaceous Warbler |
Hippolais pallida |
1 |
1 |
| Melodious Warbler |
Hippolais polyglotta |
5 |
3 |
| Blackcap |
Sylviaatricapilla |
2 |
2 |
| Subalpine Warbler |
Sylviacantillans |
3 |
3 |
| Senegal
Eremomela |
Eremomela pusilla |
3 |
4 |
| NorthernCrombec |
Sylvietta brachyura |
3 |
3 |
| Green Hylia |
Hylia prasina |
1 |
1 |
| Common Chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus collybita |
2 |
3 |
| Bonelli's Warbler |
Phylloscopus bonelli |
1 |
1 |
| Northern Black-flycatcher |
Melaenornis edolioides |
3 |
3 |
| Black-headed Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone rufiventer |
4 |
6 |
| African Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone viridis |
3 |
5 |
| Blackcap Babbler |
Turdoides reinwardtii |
3 |
4+ |
| Brown Babbler |
Turdoides plebejus |
6 |
LC |
| Mouse-brown Sunbird |
Anthreptes gabonicus |
2 |
2 |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird |
Anthreptes longuemarei |
1 |
4 |
| Collared Sunbird |
Anthreptes collaris |
1 |
2 |
| Scarlet- chested Sunbird |
Nectarinia senegalensis |
2 |
3 |
| Variable Sunbird |
Nectarinia venusta |
7 |
4+ |
| Splendid Sunbird |
Nectarinia coccinigastra |
5 |
2+ |
| Beautiful Sunbird |
Nectarinia pulchella |
7 |
4+ |
| African Yellow White-eye |
Zosterops senegalensis |
1 |
4 |
| African Golden Oriole |
Oriolus auratus |
3 |
1 |
| Brubru |
Nilaus afer |
1 |
1 |
| NorthernPuffback |
Dryoscopus gambensis |
1 |
4 |
| Black-crowned Tchagra |
Tchagra senegala |
3 |
6+ |
| Common Gonolek |
Laniarius barbarus |
5 |
3 |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike |
Telophorus sulfureopectus |
2 |
5 |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike |
Malaconotus blanchoti |
1 |
2 |
| White Helmetshrike |
Prionops plumatus |
3 |
5 |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye |
Platysteira cyanea |
1 |
4+ |
| Woodchat Shrike |
Lanius senator |
3 |
1 |
| Yellow-billed Shrike |
Corvinella corvina |
8 |
C |
| Fork-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus adsimilis |
5 |
4 |
| Piapiac |
Ptilostomus afer |
7 |
LC |
| Pied Crow |
Corvus albus |
8 |
C |
| Purple Glossy-starling |
Lamprotornis purpureus |
6 |
LC |
| Bronze-tailed Glossy-starling |
Lamprotornis chalcurus |
5 |
2+ |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling |
Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
2 |
N/C |
| Splendid Glossy-starling |
Lamprotornis splendidus |
1 |
1 |
| Long-tailed Glossy-starling |
Lamprotornis caudatus |
8 |
C |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
Buphagus africanus |
1 |
3 |
| House Sparrow |
Passerdomesticus |
8 |
C |
| Grey-headed Sparrow |
Passergriseus |
8 |
C |
| Sudan
Golden-sparrow |
Passerluteus |
1 |
2 |
| Bush Petronia |
Petronia dentata |
2 |
2 |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver |
Plocepasser superciliosus |
1 |
1 |
| White-billed Buffalo-weaver |
Bubalornis albirostris |
4 |
LC |
| Little Weaver |
Ploceus luteolus |
1 |
5+ |
| Black-necked Weaver |
Ploceus nigricollis |
4 |
2+ |
| Village Weaver |
Ploceus cucullatus |
8 |
C |
| Red Bishop |
Euplectes franciscanus [ orix] |
3 |
2+ |
| Red-billed Firefinch |
Lagonosticta senegala |
8 |
C |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu |
Uraeginthus bengalus |
6 |
LC |
| Lavender Waxbill |
Estrilda caerulescens |
4 |
30+ |
| Black- rumped Waxbill |
Estrilda troglodytes |
1 |
8+ |
| African Quailfinch |
Ortygospiza atricollis |
2 |
3 |
| Bronze Mannikin |
Lonchura cucullata |
6 |
LC |
| Cut-throat |
Amadina fasciata |
1 |
1 |
| Village Indigobird |
Vidua chalybeata |
2 |
1 |
| Pin-tailed Whydah |
Vidua macroura |
1 |
6 |
| |
Vidua interjecta |
1 |
4 |
| Yellow-fronted Canary |
Serinus mozambicus |
3 |
10+ |
