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The Gambia 4th TO 15th Oct 2002,

NEIL MONEY 

INTRODUCTION

This was my wife Diana's and my second visit to The Gambia, 0ur previous visit being in November 2001. This year we chose to go in the first half of October to catch the end of the rainy season, which ends at the end of the month. It is surprising the difference that six weeks makes at that time of the year. Some species that last year where in non-breeding plumage were still in full breeding plumage and some species were in greater abundance. In the event the rain was not an inconvenience. On the coast we had some rain free days and when it did rain it was mainly during the afternoons and was quickly over.

TRAVEL AND TRAVEL AGENTS

As last year, from our home on the north coast of Scotland we had a three hours car journey to Inverness for a flight to London Gatwick and an overnight stay at the Le Meridian Hotel at Gatwick. The Hotel is not the cheapest but with an early morning check in and a mid-night return we felt the convenience justified the cost.

For the flights to and accommodation in The Gambia again we booked through The Gambia Experience, a specialist UK travel agent. They gave us excellent service and have a policy of trying to maximise the benefits of tourism in the country by employing local representatives and supporting the local economy through a designated trust. Contact details are: Kingfisher House, Rownhams Lane, North Baddesley, Hampshire, SO52 9LP; telephone: (+44) 023 8073 0888; web site: www.gambia.co.uk

We chose to return to the Senegambia Hotel because of the extensive mature gardens. We improved on the 40 species we recorded in the garden last year with 55 species this year, some seen only in the gardens. Many of the birds were confiding and provided good photo opportunities. We ate at the hotel or at the nearby Al Basha, an excellent Lebanese restaurant.

We spent three nights away from the Senegambia when we travelled to the interior, staying one night in Basse and two nights at Tendaba Camp. At Basse we stayed at the Jem Hotel, which offered clean but basic accommodation and reasonable food. Basse is a reliable site for Egyptian Plover (we saw 20) and enables a visit to Bansang Quarry (GSP: N13.26.261 W14.31.887) for Red-throated Be-eater. Two nights spent at Tendaba enables early morning starts for Kiang West National Park and a boat trip across the river to the creeks on the north side.

BIRD GUIDES

To get the best benefit out of birding The Gambia the use of a guide at some stage during a visit is essential. But care needs to be taken when employing a guide, as although, there are some excellent guides available, there are also people offering guiding services who have very little experience or knowledge. If the guide is unknown then employing then for a half day trip will soon reveal whether or not they are competent.

Once again we used Baba Bah who is an established guide and an excellent birder. He has lectured on ornithology and eco-tourism on Government courses for official Tourist Guides and can hold his own against anyone on his own turf. I do not recommend self-drive rental cars in The Gambia, especially if trips away from the coastal area are planned, as the roads are not in a good state of repair. Through Baba we again arranged to use Lamin Conteh as our driver. Lamin is reliable and a good safe driver.  Contact details for Baba are: C/o PMB 513, Serrekunda, The Gambia, Tel: 902523, Fax: 06220 465544.

INFORMATION, BOOKS AND MAPS

We used:

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia and Senegal Clive Barlow, Tony Disley: Buy from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com This field guide covers the area of the Gambia, a country which is very popular with a large number of birders. The Gambia shelters many migrants from the Western Palaearctic, from September to April, as well as having a significant list of resident West African birds. The guide also covers Senegal, which almost entirely surrounds The Gambia...

The Gambia & Senegal, Lonely Planet

The Gambia Traveller's Map, Macmillan

Internet Trip Reports:

Gruff Dodd: The Gambia, 1-8 November 1998

Dirk Vanackere/Marc Tailly: The Gambia October 31 - November 8 1998  www.dbs.be/marc/gambiabird.htm

For up to date advice on travelling to The Gambia, British citizens should refer to the Gambia page on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website at www.fco.gov.uk and for health advice to www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk. Non-British nationals will find the information on these pages relevant but will wish to follow the advice of their own governments and health authorities.

ITINERARY

5^th    October:           Senegambia Hotel Gardens; Koto Stream, Cycle Track and Sewage Works; Fajara Golf Course
6^th    October:           Abuko Nature Reserve; Lamin Lodge; Lamin Rice Fields
7^th    October:           Brufut Forest; Senegambia Hotel Gardens
8^th    October:           Travel to Basse                   
9^th    October:           Basse; Basse Rice Fields; Bansang Quarry; Travel to Tendaba           
10^th  October:           Tendaba; Kiang West National Park; Tendaba Airfield
11^th  October:           River Gambia north bank creeks opposite Tendaba; Travel to Senegambia Hotel
12^th  October:           Tanji Bird Reserve; Senegambia Hotel Gardens
13^th  October:           Katchikally Crocodile Pool; Cape Creek; Bijilo Forest
14^th  October:           Marakissa; Pirang Shrimp Farm; Mandinaba

SPECIES LIST

1.   Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis
       5 Koto Sewage Ponds 5^th

2.   Long-tailed Cormorant (SBH)         Phalacrocorax africanus africanus
       Widespread but not common - single birds seen in fresh water habits on 5 separate days

3.   African Darter    Anhinga rufa
       1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Mandinaba 14^th

4.   Great White Pelican (SBH)             Pelecanus onocrotalus
       1 over flying Senegambia 4^th; 6 Pirang 12^th; 100's on off shore islands Tanji 14^th

5.   Pink-backed Pelican    Pelecanus rufescens
       Up to 5 on the river at Tendaba 10^th & 11^th; small flocks in coastal locations 8^th and 12^th

6.   White-faced Whistling-Duck           Dendrocygna viduata
       100+ Koto Stream and Sewage Ponds 5^th & 12^th; 10 Cape Point 12^th; 20 Pirang 14^th

7.   Spur-winged Goose     Plectropterus gambensis gambensis
       1 Tendaba 10^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

8.   Black Heron  Egretta ardesiaca
       Single birds seen in suitable habit on 4 days

9.   Little Egret    Egretta garzetta
       Single birds seen in suitable habit on 4 days

10.  Western Reef-Egret      Egretta gularis
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

11.  Intermediate Egret       Mesophoyx intermedia brachyrhyncha
       2 Tendaba Airfield 10^th; 3 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

12.  Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

13.  Great Egret    Ardea alba melanorhyncha
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

14.  Black-headed Heron    Ardea melanocephala
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

15.   Goliath Heron   Ardea goliath
       1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

16.  Purple Heron         Ardea purpurea purpurea
       1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

17.  Cattle Egret (SBH)        Bubulcus ibis ibis
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

18.  Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

19.  Striated Heron   Butorides striatus atricapillus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

20.  Black-crowned Night-Heron           Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

21.  White-backed Night-Heron             Gorsachius leuconotus
       1 on nest Abuco 6^th; 2 at nest Tendaba Creeks 11^th

22.  Hamerkop        Scopus umbretta minor
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

23.  African Spoonbill         Platalea alba
       1 Kiang West 10^th

24.  Yellow-billed Stork       Mycteria ibis
       13 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

25.  Woolly-necked Stork      Ciconia episcopus microscelis
       1 Kiang West 10^th; 1 Tendaba 10^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

26.  Marabou Stork  Leptoptilos crumeniferus
       5+ at nesting site between Basse and Tendaba 8^th & 9^th

27.  Osprey           Pandion haliaetus haliaetus
       3 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 4/5 Tanji 12^th; 1 Pirang 14^th

28.  Black-shouldered Kite    Elanus caeruleus caeruleus
       1 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 Brufut/Ghanatown Melon Fields 12^th; 1 Pirang 14^th

29.  Black Kite      Milvus migrans migrans
       1 Koto Cycle Track 5^th

30.  African Fish-Eagle        Haliaeetus vocifer
       Pair at nest Tendaba area 10^th

31.  Palm-nut Vulture          Gypohierax angolensis
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Basse 9^th; 1 Kiang West 10^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th

32.  Hooded Vulture (SBH)  Necrosyrtes monachus
       Common and widespread

33.  White-backed Vulture     Gyps africanus
       10 near Kalagi 11^th

34.  Rueppell's Griffon        Gyps rueppellii rueppellii
       2 near Kalagi 11^th

35.  Brown Snake-Eagle     Circaetus cinereus
       1 near Bansang 9^th

36.  Banded Snake-Eagle     Circaetus cinerascens
       1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

37.  Bateleur        Terathopius ecaudatus
       1 near Sibanor 8^th & 11^th

38.  Western Marsh Harrier        Circus aeruginosus
       1 Lamin Lodge 6^th

39.  African Harrier-Hawk (SBH) Polyboroides typus pectoralis
       Fairly common and widespread. Pair nesting Senegambia Beach Hotel garden

40.  Lizard Buzzard  Kaupifalco monogrammicus monogrammicus
       1 Cape Point 13^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

41.  Dark Chanting-Goshawk      Melierax metabates metabates
       1 Bansang Quarry 9^th; 1 Tendaba 10^th; 1 near Sibanor 11^th

42.  Gabar Goshawk           Melierax gabar niger
       1 near Kafuta 8^th; 1 Basse 9^th

43.  Red-chested Goshawk    Accipiter toussenelii macroscelides
       1 Kiang West 10^th

44.  Shikra (SBH)  Accipiter badius sphenurus
       Fairly common and widespread

45.  Grasshopper Buzzard   Butastur rufipennis
       1 near Sankuli Kunda 9^th

46.  Tawny Eagle         Aquila rapax belisarius
       1 Kachikally Crocodile Pool 13^th

47.  Wahlberg's Eagle  Aquila wahlbergi
       1 near Sankuli Kunda 9^th; 1 near Faraba Banta 11^th

48.  African Hawk-Eagle      Hieraaetus spilogaster
       1 near Bessi 8^th

49.  Booted Eagle    Hieraaetus pennatus
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

50.  Long-crested Eagle      Lophaetus occipitalis
       1 Abuco 6^th

51.  Grey Kestrel (SBH)          Falco ardosiaceus
       1 Senegamba Beach Hotel 8^th & 11^th; 2 Marakissa 14^th 

52.  Red-necked Falcon         Falco chicquera ruficollis
       1 Kiang West 10^th

53.  Lanner Falcon       Falco biarmicus abyssincus
       1 near Tendaba 11^th

54.  Helmeted Guineafowl     Numida meleagris galeata
       1 Kiang West 10^th

55.  Double-spurred Francolin              Francolinus bicalcaratus bicalcaratus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

56.  Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus petrosus
       2 Koto 5^th & 12th; 2 Tendaba Airfield 10^th;

57.  Black Crake   Amaurornis flavirostra
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

58.  Black Crowned-Crane         Balearica pavonina pavonina
       1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Pirang 14^th

59.  African Jacana  Actophilornis africanus
       2 Koto Cycle Track 5^th; 1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Basse Rice Fields 9^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

60.  Greater Painted-snipe         Rostratula benghalensis benghalensis
       2 females Marakissa 14^th

61.  Black-tailed Godwit      Limosa limosa limosa
       2 Koto Stream 5^th; 1 Tanji 12^th

62.  Bar-tailed Godwit         Limosa lapponica lapponica
       3 Tanji 12^th

63.  Whimbrel (SBH)           Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat in single numbers

64.  Common Redshank        Tringa tetanus
       Small numbers at Koto Stream 5^th, Tanji 12^th and Cape Point 13^th

65.  Common Greenshank (SBH)   Tringa nebularia nebularia
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

66.  Green Sandpiper         Tringa ochropus
       1 Koto Stream 5^th

67.  Wood Sandpiper          Tringa glareola
       6 Koto Stream and Sewage Ponds 5^th & 2 on 12^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th 

68.  Common Sandpiper     Actitis hypoleucos
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat in single numbers

69.  Ruddy Turnstone          Arenaria interpres interpres
       1 Tendaba 10^th; 15+ Tanji 12^th

70.  Red Knot       Calidris canutus
       1 Pirang 14^th

71.  Sanderling Calidris alba
       10 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 200+ Tanji 12^th

72.  Little Stint     Calidris minuta
       1 Pirang 14^th

73.  Curlew Sandpiper        Calidris ferruginea
       2 Pirang 14^th

74.  Senegal Thick-knee     Burhinus senegalensis
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

75.  Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus
       2 Tanji 12^th

76.  Black-winged Stilt        Himantopus himantopus
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat but in small numbers

77.  Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
       20 Basse 9^th; 2 east of Soma 9^th

78.  Black-bellied Plover     Pluvialis squatarola
       1 Koto Stream 5^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 2 Tanji 12^th

79.  Common Ringed Plover                 Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula
       10+ Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 15 Tanji 12^th; 3 Cape Point 13^th; 2 Pirang 14^th

80.  White-fronted Plover    Charadrius marginatus mechowi
       1 Tanji 12^th

81.  Spur-winged Plover     Vanellus spinosus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

82.  Black-headed Lapwing           Vanellus tectus tectus
       2 Fajara Golf Course 5^th; 4 Brufut/Ghanatown Melon Fields 12^th

83.  Wattled Lapwing   Vanellus senegallus senegallus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

84.   Lesser Black-backed Gull   Larus fuscus graellsii
       3 Tanji 12^th; 1 Cape Point 13^th

85.  Grey-headed Gull (SBH) Larus cirrocephalus poiocephalus
       Common in coastal locations

86.  White-winged Tern      Chlidonias leucopterus
       1 Tendaba 10^th

87.  Black Tern     Chlidonias niger niger
       50 Koto Sewage Ponds 5^th; 3 Tendaba 10^th & 1 on 11^th; 20 Tanji 12^th; 5 Pirang 14^th

88.  Gull-billed Tern     Sterna nilotica nilotica
       2 Lamin Lodge 6^th; 5 Tanji 12^th; 5 Cape Point 14^th

89.  Caspian Tern         Sterna caspia
       Common in coastal Locations

90.  Royal Tern Sterna maxima albididorsalis
       10's at roosts at Tanji 12^th and Cape Point 13^th

91.  Lesser Crested-Tern     Sterna bengalensis emigrata
       10+ Tanji 12^th

92.  Sandwich Tern  Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis
       2 Lamin Lodge 6^th; 3 Tanji 12^th; 2 Cape Point 13^th

93.  Common Tern   Sterna hirundo hirundo
       2 Cape Point 13^th

94.  Rock/Feral Dove   Columba livia
       Small flocks seen around settlements but not particularly common

95.  Speckled Pigeon (SBH)          Columba guinea guinea
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

96.  Laughing Dove(SBH)      Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

97.  African Mourning Dove  Streptopelia decipiens shelleyi
       2 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 2 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Cape Point 13^th

98.   Vinaceous Dove (SBH) Streptopelia vinacea
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

99.   Red-eyed Dove (SBH)     Streptopelia semitorquata
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

100. Black-billed Wood-Dove (SBH)      Turtur abyssinicus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

101. Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
       10 Abuco 6^th

102. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis capensis
       1 male Kiang West 10^th

103. Bruce's Green-Pigeon     Treron waalia
       1 on road to Basse 8^th; 1 Tendaba  10^th

104. African Green-Pigeon     Treron calva nudirostris
       1 Basse 9^th; 1 Mandinaba 14^th

105. Senegal Parrot  Poicephalus senegalus senegalus
       Fairly common and widespread

106. Rose-ringed Parakeet         Psittacula krameri krameri
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

107. Guinea Turaco      Tauraco persa buffoni
       1 Abuco 6^th

108. Violet Turaco    Musophaga violacea
       2 Abuco 6^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 4 Bijilo Forest 13^th; 2 Marakissa 14^th

109. Western Grey Plantain-eater (SBH)          Crinifer piscator
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

110. Levaillant's Cuckoo (SBH)              Oxylophus levaillantii
       2 Senegambia Beach Hotel garden 5^th & 1 on 12^th; 1 Kiang West 10^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

111. Klaas' Cuckoo   Chrysococcyx Klaas
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

112. Dideric Cuckoo  Chrysococcyx caprius
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Bansang Quarry 9^th

113. Senegal Coucal (SBH)     Centropus senegalensis senegalensis
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

114. Long-tailed Nightjar     Caprimulgus climacurus sclateri
       1 Koto 5^th

115. Standard-winged Nightjar              Macrodipteryx longipennis
       1 Koto 12^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th

116. Mottled Spinetail          Telacanthura ussheri ussheri
       3+ Mandinaba 14^th

117. African Palm-Swift (SBH)    Cypsiurus parvus parvus
       Common and widespread

118. Little Swift (SBH)             Apus affinis aerobates
       Common and widespread - breeding colony under pier at Tendaba

119. Malachite Kingfisher    Alcedo cristata galerita
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 2 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Cape Point 13^th; 1 Marakissa & 1 Pirang 14^th

120. African Pygmy-Kingfisher   Ispidina picta picta
       1 Kachikally Crocodile Pool 13^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

121. Woodland Kingfisher     Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

122. Blue-breasted Kingfisher     Halcyon malimbica torquata
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

123. Striped Kingfisher        Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti
       1 Kiang West 10^th; 1 between Bansang and Tendaba 11^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th

124. Giant Kingfisher           Megaceryle maxima maxima
       2 Abuco 6^th; 1 Basse 9^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

125. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis rudis
       Common and widespread

126. Red-throated Bee-eater   Merops bulocki bulocki
       Colony of 50+ Bansang Quarry 9^th

127. Little Bee-eater     Merops pusillus pusillus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

128. Swallow-tailed Bee-eater              Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus
       3 Bijilo Forest 13^th

129. White-throated Bee-eater    Merops albicollis
       6 Bijilo Forest 13th

130. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater         Merops persicus chrysocercus
       3+ Lamin Lodge 6^th; 2 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

131. Abyssinian Roller         Coracias abyssinica
       1 on road to Basse 8^th; 1 Bansang Quarry 9^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

132. Rufous-crowned Roller    Coracias naevia naevia
       Fairly common and widespread

133. Blue-bellied Roller       Coracias cyanogaster
       Fairly common and widespread - easily seen at Koto

134. Broad-billed Roller (SBH)   Eurystomus glaucurus after
       Common and widespread

135. Green Woodhoopoe (SBH)  Phoeniculus purpureus senegalensis
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

136. Black Scimitar-bill        Rhinopomastus aterrimus aterrimus
       2 Marakissa 14^th

137. Red-billed Hornbill (SBH)    Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

138. African Pied Hornbill    Tockus fasciatus semifasciatus
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th

139. African Grey Hornbill (SBH) Tockus nasutus nasutus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

140. Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird              Pogoniulus chrysoconus chrysoconus
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 near Cape Point 13^th

141. Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti rubescens
       1 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 Kiang West 10^th

142. Bearded Barbet (SBH)     Lybius dubius
       ! Senegambia Beach Hotel garden 5^th & 7^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

143. Lesser Honeyguide         Indicator minor senegalensis
       1 Marakissa 14^th

144. Fine-spotted Woodpecker              Campethera punctuligera punctuligera
       1 Koto Cycle Track 5^th; 1 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th

145. Grey Woodpecker (SBH) Dendropicos goertae goertae
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

146. Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher        Terpsiphone rufiventer rufiventer
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Kiang West 10^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Kachikally Crocodile Pool 13^th

147. Square-tailed Drongo     Dicrurus ludwigii sharpie
       1 on road to Basse 8^th

148. Fork-tailed Drongo       Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

149. Piapiac (SBH)       Ptilostomus afer
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

150. Pied Crow (SBH)      Corvus albus
       Common and widespread

151. African Golden-Oriole     Oriolus auratus auratus
       1 Tendaba 11^th

152. Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike      Campephaga phoenicea
       1 Marakissa 14^th

153. Yellow-billed Shrike (SBH)  Corvinella corvine corvine
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

154. Northern Puffback        Dryoscopus gambensis gambensis
       1 Tendaba Airfield 10^th; 1 Kachikally Crocodile Pool 13^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

155. Black-crowned Tchagra      Tchagra senegala senegala
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Tendaba 10^th; 1 Tanji 12^th

156. Common Gonolek (SBH) Laniarius barbarus barbarus
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

157. White Helmetshrike      Prionops plumatus plumatus
       Flock of 8 between Bansang and Tendaba 9^th; 2 Tendaba 10^th

158. Brown-throated Wattle-eye            Platysteira cyanea cyanea
       1 Abuco 6^th

159. African Thrush (SBH)       Turdus pelios chiguancoides
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat in coastal district

160. Purple Glossy-Starling (SBH)          Lamprotornis purpureus
       Seen on 5 days but probably overlooked

161. Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling         Lamprotornis chalcurus
       1 Tendaba 10^th

162. Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (SBH) Lamprotornis chalybaeus chalybaeus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

163. Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (SBH)   Lamprotornis chloropterus chloropterus
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat and probably overlooked

164. Long-tailed Glossy-Starling (SBH)             Lamprotornis caudatus
       Common and widespread

165. Yellow-billed Oxpecker       Buphagus africanus africanus
       6 Tendaba 10^th; 5 Mandinaba 14^th

166. Northern Black-Flycatcher (SBH)    Melaenornis edolioides edolioides
       ! Senegambia Beach Hotel garden 4^th & 7^th; 1 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 Kachikally 13^th

167. European Pied Flycatcher              Ficedula hypoleuca
       1 Basse 9^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th

168. Common Nightingale     Luscinia megarhynchos
       I Lamin Rice Fields 6^th

169. Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat           Cossypha niveicapilla niveicapilla
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

170. White-crowned Robin-Chat (SBH)             Cossypha albicapilla albicapilla
       Up to 3 in Senegambia Beach Hotel garden; 1 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th

171. Common Redstart        Phoenicurus phoenicurus
       1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

172. Whinchat       Saxicola rubetra
       1 Pirang 14^th

173. Red-chested Swallow (SBH)           Hirundo lucida lucida
       Common and widespread

174. Wire-tailed Swallow       Hirundo smithii smithii
       3 Koto Stream 5^th; 1 Cape Point 13^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

175. Pied-winged Swallow     Hirundo leucosoma
       1 Marakissa 14^th

176. Mosque Swallow (SBH)   Hirundo senegalensis senegalensis
       Common and widespread

177. Red-rumped Swallow  Hirundo daurica domicella
       Small flocks on road to Basse 8^th, at Bansang Quarry 9^th and near Tendaba 11^th

178. Fanti Sawwing  Psalidoprocne obscura
       Small flocks Abuco 6^th, Brufut Forest 7^th, Bijilo Forest 13^th and Marakissa 14^th

179. Common Bulbul (SBH)    Pycnonotus barbatus inornatus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

180. Little Greenbul  Andropadus virens erythropterus
       1 Abuco 6^th

181. Yellow-throated Greenbul              Chlorocichla flavicollis flavicollis
       1 Marakissa 14^th

182. Grey-headed Bristlebill       Bleda canicapilla moreli
       1 Abuco 6^th

183. Singing Cisticola   Cisticola cantans conclur
       1 Koto Stream 5^th

184. Whistling Cisticola       Cisticola lateralis lateralis
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th

185. Siffling Cisticola   Cisticola brachypterus
       1 on road between Bansang and Tendaba 9^th

186  Zitting Cisticola           Cisticola juncidis uropygialis
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

187. Tawny-flanked Prinia (SBH)           Prinia subflava subflava
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

188. Yellow-breasted Apalis   Apalis flavida caniceps
       1 Abuco 6^th

189. Oriole Warbler  Hypergerus atriceps
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th

190. Grey-backed Camaroptera             Camaroptera brevicaudata
       1 Koyo Cycle Track 5^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Bijilo Forest 13^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

191. Olivaceous Warbler     Hippolais pallida
       1 Tendaba 10^th

192. Melodious Warbler       Hippolais polyglotta
       1 Koto Cycle Track 5^th

193. Senegal Eremomela       Eremomela pusilla
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

194. Northern Crombec (SBH) Sylvietta brachyura brachyura
       1 Koto Cycle Track 5^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 Senegambia Beach Hotel garden 15^th

195. Subalpine Warbler       Sylvia cantillans
       1 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 male Pirang 14^th

196. Blackcap Babbler (SBH)      Turdoides reinwardtii reinwardtii
       Resident Senegambia Beach Hotel garden; 5 Bijilo Forest 13^th; 2 Marakissa 14^th

197. Brown Babbler (SBH)   Turdoides plebejus platycircus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

198. White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
       1 Tendaba Airfield 10^th

199. Crested Lark  Galerida cristata senegallensis
       2+ Pirang 14^th

200. House Sparrow (SBH)      Passer domesticus
       1 Senegambia Beach Hotel garden 7^th; 10 Kololi 12^th

201. Grey-headed Sparrow (SBH)          Passer griseus griseus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

202. Bush Petronia   Petronia dentata dentate
       1 Kiang West 10^th

203. Western Bluebill          Spermophaga haematina haematina
       3 Abuco 6^th

204. Red-billed Firefinch (SBH)   Lagonosticta senegala senegala
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

205. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (SBH)     Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

206. Lavender Waxbill  (SBH)    Estrilda caerulescens
       Seen only in the Senegambia Beach Hotel garden where resident

207. Black-rumped Waxbill   Estrilda troglodytes
       2 Bansang Quarry 9^th; 1 Kiang West 10^th

208. Bronze Mannikin (SBH)  Lonchura cucullata cucullata
       Fairly common and widespread in suitable habitat

209. Village Indigobird        Vidua chalybeata chalybeata
       1 Lamin Lodge 6^th; 1 Basse 9^th; 1 Kiang West 10^th

210. Pin-tailed Whydah       Vidua macroura
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 1 on road to Basse 8^th; 1 Bansang Quarry 9^th

211. Northern Paradise-Whydah            Vidua interjecta
       1 on road to Basse 8^th

212. White Wagtail       Motacilla alba
       1 Tendaba 10 & 11^th; 1 Tanji 12^th

213. Yellow Wagtail      Motacilla flava
       2 Pirang 14^th

214. Yellow-throated Longclaw             Macronyx croceus
       2 Cape Point 13^th

215. Plain-backed Pipit        Anthus leucophrys ansorgei
       2 Pirang 14^th

216. White-billed Buffalo-Weaver          Bubalornis albirostris albirostris
       Common and widespread - large colonial nest very obvious

217. Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver         Plocepasser superciliosus superciliosus
       1 Kiang West 10^th

218. Little Weaver    Ploceus luteolus luteolus
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 2 between Tendaba and Kololi 11^th

219. Black-necked Weaver         Ploceus nigricollis brachypterus
       1 Abuco 6^th; 2 Bijilo Forest 13^th

220. Vitelline Masked-Weaver               Ploceus vitellinus
       1 Brufut Forest 7^th; 2 Tendaba 10^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

221. Village Weaver (SBH)  Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus
       Common and widespread

222. Black-headed Weaver (SBH)          Ploceus melanocephalus melanocephalus
       Fairly common and widespread

223. Yellow-crowned Bishop      Euplectes afer afer
       2+ Tendaba Creeks 11^th

224. Black-winged Bishop     Euplectes hordeaceus hordeaceus
       3 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 between Bansang and Tendaba 11^th; 2 Marakissa 14^th

225. Orange Bishop  Euplectes franciscanus franciscanus
       Common and widespread in suitable habitat

226. Mouse-brown Sunbird    Anthreptes gabonicus
       1 Lamin Lodge 6^th; 1 Tendaba Creeks 11^th

227. Scarlet-chested Sunbird  Nectarina senegalensis senegalensis
       1 Abuco 6^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th

228. Variable Sunbird          Nectarinia venusta venusta
       Fairly common and widespread

229. Copper Sunbird        Nectarinia cuprea cuprea
       1 Koto 5^th; 1 Brufut Forest 7^th

230. Splendid Sunbird (SBH)      Nectarinia coccinigastra
       2 Senegambia Beach Hotel garden 5^th; 1 Koto 5^th; 2 Lamin Rice Fields 6^th; 1 Marakissa 14^th

231. Beautiful Sunbird (SBH)      Nectarinia pulchella pulchella
       Common and widespread

232. White-rumped Seedeater    Serinus leucopygius riggenbachi
       1 on road to Basse 8^th

233. Yellow-fronted Canary (SBH)      Serinus mozambicus caniceps
       Fairly common and widespread

234. Brown-rumped Bunting   Emberiza affinis nigeriae
       1 Kiang West 10^th

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