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The Gambia
A Birding Adventure in association with Bird Watching Trips
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Egyptian Plover © Inglorious Bustards
The Gambia 2017
A Birding Adventure in association with Bird Watching Trips
The team: Simon Tonkin, Niki Williamson and Tijan Kanteh, with Alan, Sarah-Jane, Alexia, Glenn and Iain.
Day 1 Saturday 25 November
Brufut
We love bringing together new friends on trips, but we equally enjoy reuniting old ones, so it was with great pleasure that we picked up Alan, Alexia and Sarah-Jane from Banjul airport, and drove them the short journey to the hotel, where friends Iain and Glenn were already waiting.
As the tarmac roads gave way to red dirt streets lined with fruit and clothes stalls, mechanic´s shops and hairdressers, bicycles, dogs and playing kids, the group could sense our Gambian adventure had already begun.
Hooded Vultures, Pied Crows and Yellow-billed Kites patrolled the skies above us, with needle-thin African Palm Swifts and Little Swifts filling the gaps in between.
We were soon at Hibiscus House – a quirky, refreshing haven of a place, with luxurious rooms nestling around a courtyard draped with greenery, with intimate gathering areas and an appealing pool at its heart.
After settling in with a welcome drink or two it was time for our first dinner, choosing from a delicious menu of European and West African traditional dishes, which we enjoyed as enormous fruit bats swooped down, splashing as they drank from the swimming pool.
Pied Crow © Inglorious Bustards
Day 2 Sunday 26 November
Brufut, Tanji
Dotted around the courtyard at Hibiscus House are numerous bird baths, so the group got in an early start, birding the hotel before breakfast! Little Weavers, Red-billed Firefinches, Common Bulbuls, Bronze Mannikins and Red-cheeked Cordon Bleus were all bathing and drinking just metres away. Yellow-capped Gonalek made an appearance, and it soon became apparent that a pair of Senegal Coucals were nesting within the grounds!
After a tasty breakfast of fresh fruits, breads and omelettes, we headed out – just down the road to Brufut Forest, a fantastic area of Sahelian woodland.
In a clearing just beyond the village, we got our first views of some engaging local birds, including Red-billed Hornbill, Lesser Blue-eared and Long-tailed Glossy Starling, African Mourning Dove and a cute spearmint green Klaas’s Cuckoo.
Moving further into the forest, local bird guru Tijan´s local knowledge and skill came into play and he found two roosting Northern White-faced Owl, wicked little owls which stared down at us from their roosts as we got some great photos.
As the heat of the day started to pick up we headed to Tijan´s home - affectionately dubbed ´RSPB Brufut office´ - where he had kindly invited us for lunch. Here we sat drinking a refreshing coffee in the shady courtyard while his wife Mariama prepared us a delicious Yassa, a type of local curry.
Tijan has many bird feeders and drinking areas in his garden, and we were delighted to get fantastic up-close views of Village and Black-throated Weavers, African Thrush, Lavender Waxbill, Beautiful Sunbird and Red-cheeked Cordon Bleus flitting through the trees as delicious aromas wafted out of the kitchen.
We ate African style, sharing out the peanut-y Yassa, fresh salad, bread and fried potatoes while Tijan´s 3-year old son Lamin impressed us with his binocular skills!
After lunch we headed out once more to Tanji area, where the thriving fish market brings together colourful boats, fish-buyers and fishermen haggling over fresh catches while gulls and terns do the same over the discarded bits.
We got right in amongst all the action and had fantastic close-up views of Slender-billed and Grey-headed Gulls on the beach scrapping over scraps, while Royal, Lesser Crested, Caspian and Sandwich Terns were all fishing just offshore. Waders working the beach detritus included Ruddy Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Spur-winged Plover and Sanderling, and three wintering Western Ospreys were seen fishing and perching in nearby Baobab trees.
Continuing the relaxed birding theme of the day, we retired to the bar café area of Tanji Eco Lodge, where, again, we had great views of feeders and water bird baths from our beverage-drinking area! We sat back and watched the West African avian fashion parade, where Western Bluebill, Snowy-crowned Robin Chat, Little Greenbul, Yellow-throated Leaflove and Paradise Red-bellied Flycatchers showed off their plumage for all to see and giving the photographers in the group good reason to drool!
Northern White-faced Owl © Inglorious Bustards
Day 3 Monday 27 November
Journey upriver, via Brikama, Farasuto Forest Reserve, Kanpant rice fields, Tendaba
Our travel day upriver was at a relaxed pace, enjoying spending the whole day on the two-hour journey, making the most of great birding opportunities along the way.
Breakfast was a caffeine and condensed milk-fuelled Gambian special, taken at a roadside stall by the market at Brikama, where we supplemented our fine hotel takeaway breakfast with a nice strong coffee!
Next we made a stop at Farasuto Forest reserve, where local people are being trained to be wardens to help preserve the local wildlife. We walked through the rich Sahelian scrub getting great views of many resident species including Bronze Mannikin and Black Schimtarbills.
Arriving at a specially marked site, we were able to pass one at a time and in complete silence to a small viewing area. From here we found ourselves within metres of roosting Standard-winged and Long-tailed Nightjar, which remained undisturbed as we admired their intricate camouflage patterning. Roosting nocturnal birds were numerous here, and we also found a Greyish Eagle Owl and a nesting Northern White-faced Owl.
In another area of the park we were treated to two exuberant Bearded Barbets, which showed well from the top of a dead tree while Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters swooped round them.
We made good progress upriver, and stopped for lunch at Kanpant rice fields. Tijan and his son Abubaka, who is following in his father´s footsteps as a bird guide, whipped up a
Grey-headed Gull © Inglorious Bustards
lovely bunch of sandwiches on fresh local bread. Appetites sated, we were birding again in no time. We took a wander through the rice paddies, finding African Harrier Hawk, African Hawk Eagle, Red-winged Warbler, Bronze Mannikin, Western Grey Plantain Eater, African Jacana, Hammerkop, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Pearl-spotted Owlet and Malachite Kingfisher amongst others.
Driving on we made a couple more stops to appreciate the new raptors that were passing us by, including Grasshopper Buzzard, Lizard Buzzard and the stunning Dark Chanting Goshawk. And a lone Bateleur, soaring tail-less on V-shaped wings caused us to screech to a halt and watch it until it vanished into a speck.
Soon we arrived at Tendaba Lodge, our home for the next two nights. Set on the quiet shores of the Senegambia River, this homely lodge offers a welcoming, clean, friendly place to stay in the heart of rural Africa. We had time to relax before dinner, and enjoyed a couple of Gambian beers while gazing out over the serene waters and enjoying views of Spur-winged Goose, Pink-backed Pelican, Caspian Tern and Pied Kingfisher from the riverside terrace.
Day 4 Tuesday 28 November Tendaba
We set off in the freshness of the African morning to Tendaba ´airport´ - a hand-painted sign directed us to ´Terminal 1´, which is actually a raised mudbank in the heart of a wetland! From this unbuilt, unspoilt area, we watched open woodland birds such as Black Scimitar-bills, Purple Glossy Starlings, Village Indigo Birds and African Grey Hornbills moving through the trees, while Grasshopper Buzzards and a young African Fish Eagle got ready to leave their roosts.
Moving on to an area of low-intensity peanut farming mid-morning, we soon added African Golden Oriole to the list. We had fantastic views of Grasshopper Buzzards perched up close in the trees and our first look at a sexy Beaudouin´s Snake Eagle. A prolonged flyby by a low Bateleur left us breathless and with some great photos!
Bateleur © Inglorious Bustards
After a bit of relaxing downtime by the side of the broad and tranquil Senegambia River, we took an afternoon boat trip into the extensive mangrove swamps of Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve. From the small fishing boat we had intimate views of the snake-y antics of African Darter and the understated but noisy Mouse Brown Sunbird. We also heard African Blue Flycatcher. Long-tailed Cormorants, Striated and Squacco Herons were numerous as we pootled past muddy coves between the mangrove roots, and Pied and Blue-breasted Kingfishers were with us at every turn.
As the afternoon wore on, Blue-cheeked and European Bee-eaters came into roost, decorating the bare branches of trees, and many Collared Pratincoles and Gull-billed Terns drifted overhead. We enjoyed the spectacle of a whirling mass of Sand Martins, numbering many hundreds, gathering insects over an area of misty, damp pasture.
Day 5 Wednesday 29 November Tendaba to Georgetown
The Sahel in the early morning has its own special light and its own amazing selection of roosting raptors – beautiful Dark Chanting Goshawks and Grasshopper Buzzards were today upstaged by Long-crested and Brown Snake Eagle and two mega Marshall Eagles, perched up next to the road for all to see.
Soon the passerines were active too, and we had some fantastically productive stops watching the airborne ridiculousness that is the Exclamatory Paradise Whydah. These black, red and yellow avian shooting stars resemble airborne punctuation marks as they flit from tree to tree, encumbered by their massive tail feathers. Yellow White-eye, Red-billed Quelea, Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark and a host of Long-tailed and Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starlings were also seen.
Long-tailed Glossy Starling © Inglorious Bustards
Soon we reached Farafennye, where we would cross the Senegambia river to explore the northern shore. Tijan expertly guided us to the front of the queue for the small car ferry, and after half an hour or so of enjoying the exciting atmosphere of the port, as well as its Hammerkops and Egrets, we were aboard and over the river in no time.
Soon we reached Kaur wetlands, where the day’s birding immediately went stratospheric! The very first bird we found was a lone Egyptian Plover, an excellent bird in anybody´s book, but also Alan´s most wanted bird of the trip! This incredibly smart black, white and ginger wader allowed us to within feet of where it sat, particularly Iain and Sarah-Jane who shuffling towards it on their knees in veneration, earned the privilege of some absolutely phenomenal photos of this sought-after bird.
We were so struck by its awesomeness that we barely paid heed to the host of amazing wetland birds in the background – while we ate our picnic lunch we were entertained by a
strong supporting cast of Wattled and Spur-winged Plovers, Kittlitz Plovers, Purple Swamphens and Senegal Thick-knees. There were many wintering migrants in the area, including Yellow Wagtails, Reed Warblers, Common Chiffchaffs, and a Subalpine Warbler. Montagu´s and Marsh Harriers quartered the marshes and a Brown Snake Eagle sat up in a Baobab tree devouring a snake.
Next up after a restful few kilometres we arrived at a Quarry, where our senses received a further avian pummelling! This sandy expanse is home to a huge breeding colony of Red-throated Bee-eaters, which filled the air with their lively calls. They decorated literally every tree with their vivid colours, making them look like they´d been decorated for Christmas! Among them were Little Green Bee-eaters, Cut-throat Finches, Ant-eater Chats, and a large roost of Long-tailed Glossy Starlings and Yellow-billed Shrikes. A lone White-backed Vulture silently oversaw the colourful party below like a bouncer.
Egyptian Plover © Inglorious Bustards
We had one last ferry crossing to do, this time at the sleepy end of the river, where the queue of vehicles numbered one! As we cruised across the river in the gentle evening light, our accommodation was already in sight, and we were soon enjoying a beer overlooking the peaceful Senegambia River, as the local kids splashed about at the quayside and flocks of Egrets travelled downstream to roost.
This was a truly incredible day´s birding and not one that the group will forget in a hurry!
Day 6 Thursday 30 November
Boat trip, Kunkilling Forest Park, Georgetown area
After breakfast we took a long walk – all the way across the guesthouse terrace to the quay, where our skipper Sado awaited to take us even further upstream. This far inland, the river is freshwater – clean enough to drink if you´ve grown up in the area – and brings a hint of the moist African Forests to the Sahelian region.
As we sailed upstream, Green-back Vervets and Red Colobus monkeys crashed through the luscious green vegetation lining the river, while Nile Monitor Lizards eyed us cautiously from the banks. Palm Nut Vultures, Violet Turacos, Bearded Barbets, African Fish Eagles, Red-throated Bee-eater and African Harrier Hawks perched up in the palm trees and riverine scrub.
We soon arrived on the shore where Kunkilling Forest Park is located. Almost the second our feet touched solid ground we found our target species – the incredibly rare and difficult to see Adamawa Turtle Dove. Darker-bodied, larger and more silvery-headed than our European Turtle Dove, it purrs with a deeper guttural edge! It is non-migratory and
Little Green Bee-eater © Inglorious Bustards
restricted to a couple of locations in the moist forests of Africa, and this small island in the middle of the Senegambia, where it sat out proudly, as if it knew that it was a lifer for absolutely everyone in the group!
We spent a pleasant while wandering around the forest, encountering a troupe of Guinea Baboons and a wetland area full of Spur-winged Geese.
African Finfoot is high on any birder´s list of priorities when visiting these parts, but never easy to see. But as we drifted back, enjoying the lush greens in the mid-morning sun, we spotted not one but three, hanging out in a sandy cove at the waters edge! We could see two adults and a young bird, but by the time the boat had swung back around there were two youngsters and one adult, meaning there must have been four in total! They were untroubled by our presence, and we got great views of them chilling in the shade and trying to move about without tripping over their own enormous orange feet.
Our Finfoot luck was most definitely in, seeing another two individuals on the journey back. That brought the total to six for the trip, a number almost unheard of for such a shy and special bird.
After lunch and a nice long siesta, we headed out to some local forest habitat, to enjoy the late afternoon roost. Many European Turtle Doves were settling into the trees, as well as Rose-ringed Parakeets, Senegal Parrots, Senegal Coucals, and an Oriole Warbler. We had some of our best views yet of Blue-breasted Kingfisher and Blue-bellied Roller, as well African Jacana, and a great view of Grey-headed Kingfisher in the wetland areas.
As the shadows lengthened, we had several sightings of Pearl-spotted Owlet flying in to roost, completed by a fantastic extended view as an individual tried to keep its cool while
Adamawa Turtle Dove © Inglorious Bustards
being harangued by Lesser Blue-eared and Long tailed Glossy Starlings and a particularly persistent Common Bulbul!
The afternoon was ending fast but as we left the best was yet to come – a huge Verreaux´s Eagle Owl crash-landed into a palm tree and surveyed us nonchalantly through its droopy pink-lidded eyes, followed shortly by another. As dark fell and we made our way home, we had to pick our way through the Standard-winged and Long-tailed Nightjars warming themselves on the track.
Day 7 Friday 1 December Georgetown to Brufut
We had some ground to cover today as we returned to the coast, but happily, the countries relatively new tarmacked main road made our journey easy, and left us plenty of time to visit some great birding areas on the way back. Spotting as we went, we made a couple of stops to look at and photograph Long-crested Eagle and a colony of grotesque but appealing Maribou Storks.
A troupe of sixty or more Guinea Baboons were picking through the chaff of a recent peanut harvest, so we stopped to watch their fascinating social interactions, and chat to some villagers who, though having no intention of harming them, were looking forward to the day when these raucous, intimidating apes finished scouring the field and left them in peace!
We took a rest at the lake at Dala Ba, or ´Big Water´ an important area for wintering European Turtle Doves, and found several hundred hanging out in the branches of trees around the lake, nipping down for the odd drink. The lake and surroundings also yielded Black-headed, Grey and Purple Herons, Black Egret, Western Osprey, Malachite and Pied Kingfisher.
Guinea Baboons © Inglorious Bustards
Arriving back at the hotel, there was plenty of time to freshen up before a couple of G&Ts and another delicious meal, topped off with a cake fashioned from ice-cream and fruit to celebrate Alan´s birthday!
Day 8 Saturday 2 December Kartong Bird Observatory
The small bird observatory at Kartong was created by Brit Colin Cross, who has been in The Gambia for nearly a decade. The understated concrete structure overlooks a bunch of reed-fringed freshwater and intertidal pools, which he and his local team manage and survey to provide consistently great habitat, and some very fascinating and complete ornithological records for the area. On the pools were numerous White faced Whistling Duck But perhaps most surprisingly we found two Common Coots, a Gambian lifer for our guide Tijan!
In the surrounding farmland Northern Red Bishops in full red-and-black breeding plumage provided quite a show.
We enjoyed the novelty of a short boat trip to our restaurant for lunch, which was cut off by the tide! We ate amongst the mangroves neighbouring Senegal as Gull-billed Terns drifted by and Whimbrels called from the muddy shore.
We wanted to return in good time to the hotel to allow plenty of time to pack and relax, but not before one last look at the Kartong pools! This intuition on Simons part proved to be a masterstroke as suddenly three African Pygmy Geese and a Knobbed Duck had appeared amongst the White-faced Whistling Ducks!
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters were now filling the air low above our heads, and as if that wasn’t a spell-binding enough sight to see, suddenly there were two Northern Carmine Bee-eaters amongst them! These birds, normally only seen upriver or associated with bushfires, dazzled us with their stunning fuschia pink and turquoise get-up for a fabulous couple of minutes before vanishing off into the distance.
Day 9 Sunday 3 December Abuko Forest Reserve
After a relaxed breakfast and chance to finalise packing for the homeward journey, we said goodbye to the lovely folk at Hisbiscus House and headed for the airport. Happily we had a whole morning to get in one last birding fix before our flight to Manchester, which we spent in Abuko Forest nature reserve, a tiny but teeming patch of primary forest in the heart of The Gambia’s coastal metropolis.
The lush vegetation offered welcome shade from the midday sun, and we enjoyed fantastic views of Violet Turaco, Grey Woodpecker, Western Bluebill and Red-bellied and African Paradise Flycatchers as well as a handsome Lizard Buzzard perched up over our heads.
A Nile Crocodile relaxed open-mouthed by the reserve´s central pool and we enjoyed being under the wistful gaze of Red Colobus monkeys, the so-called ´Old Women of the Forest´. Common Wattle-eye – frequently heard on the trip but always hidden – finally decided to give us a look as several individuals showed well in the trees. Fanti Saw-wing was another new bird for the list.
For our last lunch we went to the village of Lamin, overlooking the coastal mangroves, where we ate while Green-backed Vervet Monkeys looked hungrily at our plates!
Then, all too soon it was home time, and we said our goodbyes to Tijan and Abubaka before heading home to a dusting of British snow, taking plenty of birding memories and West African warmth home with us.
Violet Turaco © Inglorious Bustards
Species List
Inglorious Bustards: The Gambia with Birdwatching Trips
Species Scientific Name
1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
3 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
4 Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
5 African Darter Anhinga rufa
6 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
7 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
8 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
10 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
11 Striated Heron Butorides striata
12 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
13 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
14 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
15 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
16 Great White Egret Egretta alba
17 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
18 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
19 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
20 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
21 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
22 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
23 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
24 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
25 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
26 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
27 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
28 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
29 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
30 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
31 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
32 Common Teal Anas crecca
33 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
34 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
35 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
36 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
37 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
38 Black Kite Milvus migrans
39 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
40 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
41 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
42 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
43 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
44 Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
45 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
46 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
47 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
48 African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus
49 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
50 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
51 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
52 Shikra Accipiter badius
53 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
54 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
55 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
56 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
57 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
58 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
59 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
60 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
61 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
62 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
63 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
64 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
65 Double-spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
66 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
67 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
68 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
69 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
70 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
71 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
73 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
74 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
75 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
76 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
77 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
78 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
79 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
80 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
81 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
82 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
83 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
84 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
85 Red Knot Calidris canutus
86 Sanderling Calidris alba
87 Dunlin Calidris alpina
88 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
89 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
90 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
91 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
92 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
93 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
94 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
96 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
98 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
99 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
100 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
101 Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
102 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans
105 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
106 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
107 Royal Tern Sterna maxima
108 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
109 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
110 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
111 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
112 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
113 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
114 Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
115 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
116 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
117 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
118 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
119 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
120 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
121 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
122 Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
123 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
124 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
125 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
126 Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
127 Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
128 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
129 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
130 Barn Owl Tyto alba
131 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
132 Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
133 Greyish Eagle Owl Bubo cinerascens
134 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
136 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
137 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
138 Standard-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis
139 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
140 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
141 Common Swift Apus apus
142 Little Swift Apus affinis
143 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
144 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
145 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
146 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
147 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyx pictus
148 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
149 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
150 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
151 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
152 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
153 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
154 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
155 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
156 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
157 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
158 Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
159 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
160 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
161 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
162 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
163 Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
164 Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
165 Hoopoe Upupa epops
166 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
167 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
168 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
169 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
170 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
171 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
172 Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
173 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
174 Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucotis
175 Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
176 Common Sand Martin Riparia riparia
177 Red-rumped Swallow Cercropis daurica
178 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
179 Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
180 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
181 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
182 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
183 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
184 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
185 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
186 Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
187 Yellow-throated Leaf-love Chlorocichla flavicollis
188 Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
189 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
190 Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
191 White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
192 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
193 Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
194 African Thrush Turdus pelios
195 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
196 Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
197 Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
198 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
199 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
200 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
201 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
202 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
203 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
204 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
205 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
206 Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus
207 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
208 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
209 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
210 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
211 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
212 African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
213 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
214 Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
215 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
216 Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
217 Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
218 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
219 Brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
220 Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
221 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
222 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
223 Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
224 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
225 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
226 Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigaster
227 African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
228 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
229 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
230 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malacanotus blanchoti
231 Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
232 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
233 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
234 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
235 Brubru Nilaus afer
236 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
237 Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
238 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
239 Pied Crow Corvus albus
240 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
241 Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
242 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
243 Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
244 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
245 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
246 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
247 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
248 Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
249 Bush Petronia Petronia dentata
250 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
251 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
252 Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
253 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
254 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
255 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
256 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
257 Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens
258 Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
259 Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
260 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
261 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
262 Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
263 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
264 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
265 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
266 Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah Vidua interjecta
267 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
268 Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
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