List of Birds Seen In The Gambia
1st - 8th March 2002
1.
Double spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
3
at Kotu sewage ponds, heard at Abuko Nature Reserve
2.
White faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
100+
at Kotu sewage ponds
3.
Greater Honeyguide Indicator
indicator
1
male at Bijolo Forest Park
4.
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator
minor
Abuko
Nature Reserve
5.
Fine spotted Woodpecker Campethera
punctuligera
Kotu
Area
6.
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos
goertae
A
pair at Casino cycle track, Senegambia Hotel Gardens
7.
Yellow fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Casino
cycle track
8.
Bearded Barbet Lybius
dubius
2
at Lamin vegetable fields
9.
Red billed Hornbill Tockus
erythrorhynchus
Common
in suitable habitat
10.
African Pied Hornbill Tockus
fasciatus
In
rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve
11.
African Grey Hornbill Tockus
nasutus
Kotu
Area, Abuko Nature Reserve, Lamin vegetable fields, Tujering, Bijolo Forest Park
12.
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus
purpureus
Common
is suitable habitat
13.
Abyssinian Roller Coracias
abyssinica
Often
seen on roadside wires
14.
Rufous crowned Roller Coracias
naevia
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Kotu Area
15.
Blue bellied Roller Coracias
cyanogaster
Lamin,
Tujering, Abuko Nature Reserve, Kotu Area, Bund Road
16.
Broad billed Roller Eurystomus
glaucurus
Lamin,
Katchakilly crocodile pool ,Senegambia Hotel Gardens
17.
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo
cristata
1
at Lamin
18.
Blue breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Katchakilly
crocodile pool, Bijolo Forest Park
19.
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle
maxima
Katchakilly
crocodile pool, Abuko Nature Reserve
20.
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle
rudis
Common
in suitable habitat
21.
Little Bee eater
Merops pusillus
Kotu
Area, Bijolo Forest Park
22.
Swallow tailed Bee eater Merops hirundineus
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Bijolo Forest Park
23.
Senegal Coucal Centropus
senegalensis
Bijolo
Forest Park, Kairaba / Senegambia Hotel Gardens, Bund Road, Kotu Area
24.
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus
senegalus
Common
in suitable habitat
25.
Rose ringed Parakeet Psittacula
krameri
Lamin,
Kotu Area, Camaloo Corner, Abuko Nature Reserve
26.
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus
parvus
Bund
Road, Kotu Area, Lamin, Tujering, Abuko Nature Reserve
27.
Violet Turaco Musophaga
violacea
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Lamin vegetable fields. Bijolo Forest Park
28.
Western Grey Plantain eater Crinifer piscator
Common
and widespread
29.
Pearl spotted Owlet Glaucidium
perlatum
Palma
Rima Hotel
30.
Long tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus
climacurus
Behind
Palma Rima Hotel
31.
Speckled Pigeon Columba
guinea
Common
and widespread
32.
Laughing Dove Streptopelia
senegalensis
Bund
Road, Kotu Area, Lamin, Kairaba / Senegambia Hotel Gardens, Bijolo Forest Park,
Abuko Nature Reserve
33.
Red eyed Dove Streptopelia
semitorquata
Common
in suitable habitat
34.
Black billed Wood Dove Turtur
abyssinicus
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Lamin
35.
Blue spotted Wood Dove Turtur
afer
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Bijolo Forest Park
36.
Mourning Dove Zenaida
macroura
Lamin
vegetable fields, Kotu Area, Abuko Nature Reserve, Serrekunda / Tujering
37.
Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron
waalia
A
pair at Lamin vegetable fields
38.
Black Crake Amaurornis
flavirostra
2
at Katchakilly
crocodile pool,
in
rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve
39.
Whimbrel Numenius
phaeopus
Kairaba
Hotel Gardens, Kotu Area, Tujering, Bund Road
40.
Redshank Tringa
totanus
Heard
in Kotu Area,
41.
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa
stagnatilis
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Kotu Area
42.
Greenshank Tringa
nebularia
Bund
Road & Camaloo Corner, Kotu Area, 1 In rice fields across road from Abuko
Nature Reserve, Lamin
43.
Green Sandpiper Tringa
ochropus
Bund
Road, Kotu Area
44.
Wood Sandpiper Tringa
glareola
Kotu
Area, Abuko Nature Reserve
45.
Common Sandpiper Tringa
hypoleucos
Camaloo
corner, 1 In rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve, Kotu Area
46.
Turnstone Arenaria
interpres
Bund
Road, Tujering
47.
Sanderling Calidris
alba
Tujering,
Lamin
48.
Dunlin Calidris
alpina
Bund
Road
49.
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris
ferruginea
Bund
Road
50.
Greater Painted snipe Rostratula
benghalensis
A
pair in rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve
51.
African Jacana Actophilornis
africanus
In
rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve, Kotu Area
52.
Senegal Thick knee Burhinus
senegalensis
Kotu
creek
53.
Oystercatcher Haematopus
ostralegus
Lamin,
Bund Road
54.
Black winged Stilt Himantopus
himantopus
Camaloo
corner, Kotu area, In rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve
55.
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra
avosetta
Common
in suitable habitat
56.
Grey Plover Pluvialis
squatarola
Tujering,
Kotu Area, Lamin
57.
Ringed Plover Charadrius
hiaticula
Tujering,
Camaloo Corner
58.
Spur winged Lapwing Vanellus
spinosus
Common
in suitable habitat
59.
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus
senegallus
Lamin,
Camaloo Corner, Kairaba / Senegambia Hotel Gardens
60.
Grey headed Gull Larus
cirrocephalus
Common
along the coast
61.
Slender billed Gull Larus
genei
Tujering
62.
Gull billed Tern Sterna
nilotica
Bund
Road
63.
Caspian Tern Sterna
caspia
Tujering,
Lamin, Bund Road
64.
Royal Tern Sterna
maxima
Bund
Road
65.
Sandwich Tern Sterna
sandvicensis
Bund
Road, Lamin, Tujering
66.
Little Tern Sterna
albifrons
Kotu
Area
67.
Osprey Pandion
haliaetus
Bund
Road
68.
Black shouldered Kite Elanus
axillaris
Kamloo
corner, 3 at Bijolo Forest Park, 5 at Lamin vegetable fields, Abuko Nature
Reserve
69.
Black Kite Milvus
migrans
70.
Palm nut Vulture Gypohierax
angolensis
1
In trees at Abuko Nature Reserve
pool (from photo hide)
71.
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes
monachus
Common
and widespread
72.
White backed Vulture Gyps
africanus
Over
Abuko Nature Reserve
73.
African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides
typus
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Kotu Area
74.
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco
monogrammicus
Common
and widespread
75.
Shikra Accipiter
badius
Kairaba
/ Senegambia Hotel Gardens, Lamin vegetable fields
76.
Long crested Eagle Lophaetus
occipitalis
1
st Lamin vegetable fields
77.
Grey Kestrel Falco
ardosiaceus
Lamin,
Bijolo Forest Park, Abuko Nature Reserve
78.
Red necked Falcon Falco
chicquera
3
seen - breeding in palm just inside Abuko Nature Reserve entrance
79.
Little Grebe Tachybaptus
ruficollis
10
at Kotu sewage ponds
80.
African Darter Anhinga
rufa
At
least 6 at Abuko Nature Reserve crocodile Pool
81.
Long tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax
africanus
Common
in suitable habitat
82.
Cormorant Phalacrocorax
carbo
1
at Tujering
83.
Black Heron Egretta
ardesiaca
In
rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve, Bund Road, Kotu Area
84.
Little Egret Egretta
garzetta
Bund
Road
85.
Western Reef Egret Egretta
gularis
Common
in suitable habitat
86.
Grey Heron Ardea
cinerea
Lamin,
Abuko Nature Reserve, Bund Road
87.
Black headed Heron Ardea
melanocephala
Abuko
Nature Reserve Crocodile pool, Kotu Area
88.
Purple Heron Ardea
purpurea
Lamin,
Kotu Area
89.
Great White Egret Casmerodius
albus
Lamin,
Kotu Area, In
rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve, Bund Road
90.
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx
intermedia
Lamin,
Bund Road
91.
Cattle Egret Bubulcus
ibis
Common
and widespread
92.
Squacco Heron Ardeola
ralloides
Kotu
Area, Abuko Nature Reserve
93.
Striated Heron Butorides
striatus
Abuko
Nature Reserve
94.
Black crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Abuko
Nature Reserve Crocodile pool
95.
White backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
Abuko
Nature Reserve – 1 in tree at lower Crocodile pool
96.
Hamerkop Scopus
umbretta
Lamin,
Kotu Area, 1
In
rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve
97.
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis
aethiopicus
Tujering,
Bund Road
98.
Pink backed Pelican Pelecanus
rufescens
Tujering,
Bund Road, Near Serrekunda
99.
Yellow
billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Bund
Road
100.
Woodchat Shrike Lanius
senator
1
st Camaloo corner
101.
Yellow billed Shrike Corvinella
corvina
Common
in suitable habitat
102.
Piapiac Ptilostomus
afer
Common
in suitable habitat
103.
Pied Crow Corvus
albus
Common
and widespread
104.
African Golden Oriole Oriolus
auratus
1
st Lamin vegetable fields
105.
Fork tailed Drongo Dicrurus
adsimilis
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Lamin, Kotu Area
106. Black headed Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer
Abuko
Nature Reserve
107. African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
1
at Katchakilly crocodile pool, Abuko Nature Reserve
108.
Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
Kairaba
/ Senegambia Hotel Gardens, Bijolo Forest Park, Kotu Area
109.
Brown throated Wattle eye Platysteira cyanea
Lamin
vegetable fields, Abuko Nature Reserve
110.
African Thrush Turdus
pelios
Common
in suitable habitat
111.
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Camaloo Corner, Senegambia Hotel Gardens,Lamin, Bijolo Forest
Park
112.
Snowy crowned Robin Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Bijolo Forest Park
113.
White crowned Robin Chat Cossypha albicapilla
Senegambia
Hotel Gardens, Lamin vegetable fields
114.
Redstart Phoenicurus
phoenicurus
1
male at Lamin
115. Greater Blue eared Glossy Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Lamin
116. Lesser Blue eared Glossy Starling
Lamprotornis
chloropterus
Abuko
Nature Reserve
117.
Long tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Lamin,
Kairaba / Senegambia Hotel Gardens, Camaloo Corner, Abuko Nature Reserve
118.
Red chested Swallow Hirundo
lucida
Lamin
119.
Wire tailed Swallow Hirundo
smithii
Kotu
Area, Bund Road, Tujering
120.
House Martin Delichon
urbica
Tujering
121.
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus
barbatus
Common
in suitable habitat
122.
Little Greenbul Andropadus
virens
Abuko
Nature Reserve
123.
Yellow throated Leaflove Chlorocichla flavicollis
Katchakilly
crocodile pool
124.
Tawny flanked Prinia Prinia
subflava
Bijolo
Forest Park, Kotu Area
125.
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus
atriceps
Bijolo
Forest Park
126.
Grey backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata
Bijolo
Forest Park
127.
Northern Crombec Sylvietta
brachyura
Bijolo
Forest Park, Kotu Area
128.
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus
trochilus
Lamin
129.
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides
reinwardtii
Bijolo
Forest Park, Senegambia Hotel Gardens
130.
Brown Babbler Turdoides
plebejus
Common
in suitable habitat
131.
Mouse brown Sunbird Anthreptes
gabonicus
Lamin
132.
Scarlet chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis
Abuko
Nature Reserve
133.
Variable Sunbird Nectarinia
venusta
Kairaba
Hotel Gardens, Abuko
Nature Reserve
134.
Splendid Sunbird Nectarinia
coccinigaster
Abuko
Nature Reserve, Kairaba / Senegambia Hotel Gardens
135.
Beautiful Sunbird Nectarinia
pulchella
Common
in suitable habitat
136.
House Sparrow Passer
domesticus
Lamin,
Kairaba / Senegambia Hotel Gardens
137.
Grey headed Sparrow Passer
griseus
Kairaba
/ Senegambia Hotel Gardens
138.
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla
flava
Bund
Road, In rice fields across road from Abuko Nature Reserve, Lamin
139.
White billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
Lamin
vegetable fields, Kotu Area
140.
Black necked Weaver Ploceus
nigricollis
Abuko
Nature Reserve
141.
Village WeaverPloceus
cucullatus
Common
and widespread
142. Red Bishop
Euplectes
orix
Camaloo
corner, Bijolo Forest Park
143.
Western Bluebill Spermophaga
haematina
1
seen from path between Education centre and photo hide at Abuko Nature Reserve
144.
Red billed Firefinch Lagonosticta
senegala
Common
in suitable habitat
145.
Red cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Kairaba
/ Senegambia Hotel Gardens
146.
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda
caerulescens
Kairaba
/ Senegambia Hotel Gardens, Abuko Nature Reserve
147.
Black rumped Waxbill Estrilda
troglodytes
Bund
Road
148.
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura
cucullata
Common
in suitable habitat