Gambia Feb 2002

The naming convention is taken from a 'Sibley and Munroe' list and probably I'll rename it in line with Clive Barlow's Field Guide names when I get round to it !

The Latin names should be OK though.

Locations

We spent the first week just sat around the Senegambia Hotel with one trip out with the resident bird man - Maas Cham to see some Nightjars , a brief walk down to Bijilo Forest and a stop at Bukau Crocodile Pool on the way to Banjul. The second week was 'The Plover Week' as arranged by the Gambia Experience which included trips to Abuko, a boat trip from Lamin Lodge and a boat trip from Denton Bridge, a walk around the Kotu area and a trip to Pirang shrimp farms and some bush south of there.

A - Abuko, B - Bijilo, K - Kotu area & Fajara Golf Course, L - Lamin Lodge boat trip, P - Pirang, S - Senegambia Hotel

1	Francolinus bicalcaratus	Double-spurred Francolin	(P)
2	Dendrocygna viduata	White-faced Whistling-Duck	(Kotu sewage ponds)
3	Indicator indicator	Greater Honeyguide	(A)
4	Campethera punctuligera	Fine-spotted Woodpecker	(S)
5	Dendropicos goertae	Grey Woodpecker	(S)
6	Pogoniulus chrysoconus	Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	(S)
7	Lybius dubius	Bearded Barbet	(S)
8	Tockus erythrorhynchus	Red-billed Hornbill	(S)
9	Tockus fasciatus	African Pied Hornbill	(A)
10	Tockus nasutus	African Grey Hornbill	(S)
11	Phoeniculus purpureus	Green Woodhoopoe	(S)
12	Coracias abyssinica	Abyssinian Roller	(K)
13	Coracias naevia	Rufous-crowned Roller	(P)
14	Coracias cyanogaster	Blue-bellied Roller	(K)
15	Eurystomus glaucurus	Broad-billed Roller	(S)
16	Alcedo cristata	Malachite Kingfisher	(K)
17	Halcyon senegalensis	Woodland Kingfisher	(K)
18	Halcyon malimbica	Blue-breasted Kingfisher	(S)
19	Halcyon chelicuti	Striped Kingfisher	(K)
20	Megaceryle maxima	Giant Kingfisher	(Camalou corner)
21	Ceryle rudis	Pied Kingfisher	(A)
22	Merops pusillus	Little Bee-eater	(B)
23	Merops hirundineus	Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	(B)
24	Merops albicollis	White-throated Bee-eater	(B)
25	Merops persicus	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	(L)
26	Merops apiaster	European Bee-eater	(P)
27	Centropus senegalensis	Senegal Coucal	(S)
28	Poicephalus senegalus	Senegal Parrot	(L)
29	Psittacula krameri	Rose-ringed Parakeet	(S)
30	Telacanthura ussheri	Mottled Spinetail	(A)
31	Cypsiurus parvus	African Palm-Swift	(S)
32	Apus affinis	Little Swift	{Denton bridge)
33	Musophaga violacea	Violet Turaco	(A)
34	Crinifer piscator	Western Grey Plantain-eater	(S)
35	Otus senegalensis	African Scops-Owl	(S)
36	Glaucidium perlatum	Pearl-spotted Owlet	(K)
37	Caprimulgus climacurus	Long-tailed Nightjar	(K)
38	Columba guinea	Speckled Pigeon	(S)
39	Streptopelia senegalensis	Laughing Dove	(S)
40	Streptopelia decipiens	Mourning Collared-Dove	(S)
41	Streptopelia vinacea	Vinaceous Dove	(S)
42	Streptopelia semitorquata	Red-eyed Dove	(S)
43	Turtur abyssinicus	Black-billed Wood-Dove	(S)
44	Turtur afer	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	(S)
45	Oena capensis	Namaqua Dove	(L)
46	Balearica pavonina	Black Crowned-Crane	(P)
47	Amaurornis flavirostra	Black Crake	(Bukau Crocodile pool)
48	Limosa lapponica	Bar-tailed Godwit	(L)
49	Numenius phaeopus	Whimbrel	(L)
50	Numenius arquata	Eurasian Curlew	(L)
51	Tringa totanus	Common Redshank	(L)
52	Tringa stagnatilis	Marsh Sandpiper	(K)
53	Tringa nebularia	Common Greenshank	(K)
54	Tringa glareola	Wood Sandpiper	(K)
55	Tringa hypoleucos	Common Sandpiper	(K)
56	Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone	(K)
57	Philomachus pugnax	Ruff	(Kotu sewage ponds)
58	Actophilornis africanus	African Jacana	(A)
59	Burhinus senegalensis	Senegal Thick-knee	(L)
60	Haematopus ostralegus	Eurasian Oystercatcher	(Bund Rd)
61	Himantopus himantopus	Black-winged Stilt	(K)
62	Recurvirostra avosetta	Pied Avocet	(Bund Rd)
63	Pluvialis squatarola	Grey Plover	(L)
64	Charadrius hiaticula	Common Ringed Plover	(L)
65	Vanellus spinosus	Spur-winged Lapwing	(K)
66	Vanellus tectus	Black-headed Lapwing	(K)
67	Vanellus senegallus	Wattled Lapwing	(S)
68	Stercorarius pomarinus	Pomarine Jaeger	(off Kotu Beach)
69	Larus audouinii	Audouin's Gull	(2nd year bird on a post in the shipyard at the end of Bund Rd)
70	Larus dominicanus	Kelp Gull	(Bund Rd)
71	Larus cachinnans	Yellow-legged Gull	(Bund Rd)
72	Larus fuscus graellsi	Lesser Black-backed Gull	(S)
73	Larus cirrocephalus	Grey-headed Gull	(S)
74	Larus ridibundus	Common Black-headed Gull	(Bund Rd)
75	Larus genei	Slender-billed Gull	(S)
76	Sterna nilotica	Gull-billed Tern	(K)
77	Sterna caspia	Caspian Tern	(S)
78	Sterna maxima	Royal Tern	(Bund Rd)
79	Sterna bengalensis	Lesser Crested-Tern	(S)
80	Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	(S)
81	Pandion haliaetus	Osprey	(B)
82	Elanus caeruleus	Black-winged Kite	(L)
83	Milvus migrans parasitus	Black Kite	(S)
84	Gypohierax angolensis	Palm-nut Vulture	(S)
85	Necrosyrtes monachus	Hooded Vulture	(S)
86	Gyps rueppellii	Rueppell's Griffon	(A)
87	Circus aeruginosus	Western Marsh-Harrier	(L)
88	Polyboroides typus	African Harrier-Hawk	(S)
89	Kaupifalco monogrammicus	Lizard Buzzard	(K)
90	Melierax metabates	Dark Chanting-Goshawk	(S)
91	Accipiter badius	Shikra	(S)
92	Aquila rapax	Tawny Eagle	(P)
93	Lophaetus occipitalis	Long-crested Eagle	(L)
94	Falco tinnunculus	Common Kestrel	(P)
95	Falco ardosiaceus	Grey Kestrel	(S)
96	Falco biarmicus	Lanner Falcon	(Kotu sewage ponds)
97	Falco peregrinus	Peregrine Falcon	(Bund Rd)
98	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Little Grebe	(Kotu sewage ponds)
99	Anhinga rufa	African Darter	(A)
100	Phalacrocorax africanus	Long-tailed Cormorant	(A)
101	Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	(Bund Rd)
102	Egretta ardesiaca	Black Heron	(K)
103	Egretta garzetta	Little Egret	(Bund Rd)
104	Egretta gularis	Western Reef-Egret	(L)
105	Ardea cinerea	Grey Heron	(A)
106	Ardea melanocephala	Black-headed Heron	(K)
107	Ardea goliath	Goliath Heron	(L)
108	Ardea purpurea	Purple Heron	(L)
109	Aredea alba	Great Egret	(L)
110	Mesophoyx intermedia	Intermediate Egret	(K)
111	Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret	(S)
112	Ardeola ralloides	Squacco Heron	(K)
113	Butorides striatus	Striated Heron	(A)
114	Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-Heron	(Bukau Crocodile pool)
115	Scopus umbretta	Hamerkop	(Bukau Crocodile pool)
116	Phoenicopterus ruber	Greater Flamingo	(Bund Rd)
117	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Sacred Ibis	(L)
118	Platalea alba	African Spoonbill	(Bund Rd)
119	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Great White Pelican	(S)
120	Pelecanus rufescens	Pink-backed Pelican	(Bund Rd)
121	Mycteria ibis	Yellow-billed Stork	(L)
122	Lanius senator	Woodchat Shrike	(L)
123	Corvinella corvina	Yellow-billed Shrike	(S)
124	Ptilostomus afer	Piapiac	(S)
125	Corvus albus	Pied Crow	(S)
126	Oriolus auratus	African Golden-Oriole	(P)
127	Dicrurus adsimilis	Fork-tailed Drongo	(A)
128	Terpsiphone rufiventer	Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher	(A)
129	Dryoscopus gambensis	Northern Puffback	(S)
130	Laniarius barbarus	Common Gonolek	(S)
131	Platysteira cyanea	Brown-throated Wattle-eye	(A)
132	Turdus pelios	African Thrush	(S)
133	Melaenornis edolioides	Northern Black-Flycatcher	(S)
134	Cossypha niveicapilla	Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat	(S)
135	Cossypha albicapilla	White-crowned Robin-Chat	(S)
136	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Common Redstart	(L)
137	Oenanthe oenanthe	Northern Wheatear	(P)
138	Lamprotornis purpureus	Purple Glossy-Starling	(S)
139	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	(S)
140	Lamprotornis chloropterus	Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	(P)
141	Lamprotornis caudatus	Long-tailed Glossy-Starling	(S)
142	Hirundo lucida	Red-chested Swallow	(B)
143	Hirundo smithii	Wire-tailed Swallow	(Bund Rd)
144	Hirundo senegalensis	Mosque Swallow	(P)
145	Pycnonotus barbatus	Garden Bulbul	(S)
146	Andropadus virens	Little Greenbul	(A)
147	Bleda canicapilla	Grey-headed Bristlebill	(A)
148	Cisticola cantans	Singing Cisticola	(B)
149	Cisticola juncidis	Zitting Cisticola	(K)
150	Prinia subflava	Tawny-flanked Prinia	(K)
151	Hypergerus atriceps	Oriole Warbler	(S)
152	Camaroptera brachyura	Green-backed Camaroptera	(S)
153	Hippolais pallida	Olivaceous Warbler	(S)
154	Phylloscopus trochilus	Willow Warbler	(S)
155	Turdoides reinwardtii	Blackcap Babbler	(S)
156	Turdoides plebejus	Brown Babbler	(S)
157	Sylvia cantillans	Subalpine Warbler	(L)
158	Galerida cristata	Crested Lark	(P)
159	Anthreptes gabonicus	Mouse-brown Sunbird	(L)
160	Nectarinia senegalensis	Scarlet-chested Sunbird	(A)
161	Nectarinia venusta	Variable Sunbird	(S)
162	Nectarinia coccinigaster	Splendid Sunbird	(S)
163	Nectarinia pulchella	Beautiful Sunbird	(S)
164	Passer domesticus	House Sparrow	(S)
165	Passer griseus	Grey-headed Sparrow	(S)
166	Petronia dentata	Bush Petronia	(S)
167	Motacilla alba	White Wagtail	(Bund Rd)
168	Motacilla flava flavissima	Yellow Wagtail	(K)
169	Anthus cervinus	Red-throated Pipit	(P)
170	Bubalornis albirostris	White-billed Buffalo-Weaver	(K)
171	Ploceus nigricollis	Black-necked Weaver	(S)
172	Ploceus cucullatus	Village Weaver	(S)
173	Euplectes franciscanus	Orange Bishop	(L)
174	Lagonosticta senegala	Red-billed Firefinch	(S)
175	Uraeginthus bengalus	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	(S)
176	Estrilda caerulescens	Lavender Waxbill	(S)
177	Ortygospiza atricollis	African Quailfinch	(P)
178	Lonchura cucullata	Bronze Munia	(S)
179	Serinus mozambicus	Yellow-fronted Canary	(P)

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