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with James Lidster and local guides as leaders

  • Column A = Number of tours out of eight on which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour.
A B C D
2 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
8 African Darter 4 30 Anhinga rufa
8 Long-tailed Cormorant 5 30 Phalacrocorax africanus
8 White-breasted' Great Cormorant 2 10 Phalacrocorax carbo (lucidus)
7 Great White Pelican 2 4 Pelecanus onocrotalus
8 Pink-backed Pelican 4 50 Pelecanus rufescens
1 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
1 Storm Petrel Sp Hydrobates/oceanodroma sp
3 Northern Gannet Sula bassana
1 Frigatebird sp Fregata sp
8 Grey Heron 5 10 Ardea cinerea
8 Black-headed Heron 3 12 Ardea melanocephala
8 Purple Heron 3 2 Ardea purpurea
6 Goliath Heron 4 2 Ardea goliath
8 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 6 Nycticorax nycticorax
6 White-backed Night Heron 1 1 Gorsachius leuconotus
8 Squacco Heron 6 4 Ardeola ralloides
8 Western Reef Egret 7 30 Egretta gularis
8 Black Egret 3 10 Egretta ardesiaca
8 Cattle Egret 7 300 Bubulcus ibis
8 Little Egret 2 10 Egretta garzetta
8 Intermediate Egret 1 2 Egretta intermedia
8 Great White Egret 5 15 Egretta alba
8 Hamerkop 6 10 Scopus umbretta
8 Striated Heron 4 5 Butorides striata
8 Yellow-billed Stork 3 15 Mycteria ibis
2 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
5 Woolly-necked Stork 2 10 Ciconia episcopus
3 Marabou Stork 2 14 Leptoptilos crumeniferus
4 European Spoonbill 2 20 Platalea leucorodia
5 African Spoonbill 2 4 Platalea alba
1 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
7 Sacred Ibis 1 20 Threskiornis aethiopicus
8 White-faced Whistling Duck 2 30 Dendrocygna viduata
2 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
3 Knob-billed Duck 1 2 Sarkidiornis melanotos
6 Spur-winged Goose 3 15 Plectropterus gambensis
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
5 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
8 Osprey 4 4 Pandion haliaetus
8 Palm-nut Vulture 4 3 Gypohierax angolensis
8 African Harrier-Hawk 5 5 Polyboroides typus
6 Bateleur 1 3 Terathopius ecaudatus
8 Hooded Vulture 7 50 Necrosyrtes monachus
1 White-headed Vulture 1 2 Trigonoceps occipitalis
8 White-backed Vulture 1 6 Gyps africanus
6 Rüppell's Vulture 2 4 Gyps rueppellii
3 Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
8 Black Kite 3 1 Milvus migrans
8 Yellow-billed Kite 7 200 Milvus parasitus
8 Western Marsh Harrier 4 2 Circus aeruginosus
8 Montagu's Harrier 2 2 Circus pygargus
7 Beaudouin's Snake-eagle 3 3 Circaetus beaudouini
1 Short-toed Eagle Cicaetus gallicus
6 Brown Snake-Eagle 3 4 Circaetus cinereus
2 Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
8 Black-shouldered Kite 2 4 Elanus caeruleus
1 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
8 Shikra 7 6 Accipiter badius
2 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
4 Gabar Goshawk 2 1 Micronisus gabar
8 Dark Chanting Goshawk 4 10 Melierax metabates
8 Lizard Buzzard 3 6 Kaupifalco monogrammicus
8 Grasshopper Buzzard 3 10 Butastur rufipennis
5 Wahlberg's Eagle 3 1 Aquila wahlbergi
6 Tawny Eagle 1 1 Aquila rapax
3 Booted Eagle 1 1 Aquila pennata
4 Martial Eagle 1 1 Polemaetus bellicosus
6 Long-crested Eagle 1 3 Lophaetus occipitalis
7 African Hawk Eagle 1 1 Hieraaetus spilogaster
8 Common Kestrel 1 2 Falco tinnunculus
1 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
8 Lanner Falcon 4 3 Falco biarmicus
8 Grey Kestrel 6 3 Falco ardosiaceus
8 Red-necked Falcon 2 2 Falco chicquera
2 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
2 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
8 Double-spurred Francolin 3 6 Francolinus bicalcaratus
2 Ahanta Francolin Francolinus ahantensis
1 Common Quail 1 2 Coturnix coturnix
5 Stone Partridge 2 6 Ptilopachus petrosus
8 Black Crake 2 2 Amaurornis flavirostra
2 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
1 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
8 African Jacana 1 1 Actophilornis africana
4 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
2 Black-crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
1 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
5 Savile's Bustard 1 1 Lophotis savilei
8 Senegal Thick-knee 6 20 Burhinus senegalensis
5 Spotted Thick-knee 2 2 Burhinus capensis
4 Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 1 Haematopus ostralegus
8 Black-winged Stilt 4 15 Himantopus himantopus
4 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
1 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
3 Common Snipe 2 4 Gallinago gallinago
7 Egyptian Plover 1 2 Pluvianus aegyptius
4 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
8 Collared Pratincole 1 20 Glareola pratincola
2 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
4 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
8 Black-headed Lapwing 1 6 Vanellus tectus
8 Spur-winged Lapwing 7 30 Vanellus spinosus
8 Wattled Lapwing 5 4 Vanellus senegallus
8 Ruddy Turnstone 1 12 Arenaria interpres
4 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
6 Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius hiaticula
3 Kentish Plover 1 2 Charadrius alexandrinus
5 Little Ringed Plover 2 2 Charadrius dubius
2 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
8 Grey Plover 3 2 Pluvialis squatarola
4 Black-tailed Godwit 2 70 Limosa limosa
8 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 1 Limosa lapponica
8 Eurasian Whimbrel 7 20 Numenius phaeopus
4 Eurasian Curlew 1 1 Numenius arquata
8 Little Stint 1 5 Calidris minuta
8 Sanderling 1 10 Calidris alba
8 Curlew Sandpiper 1 5 Calidris ferruginea
8 Green Sandpiper 3 2 Tringa ochropus
8 Wood Sandpiper 4 4 Tringa glareola
8 Common Redshank 6 2 Tringa totanus
1 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
8 Common Greenshank 6 10 Tringa nebularia
8 Marsh Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa stagnatilis
8 Common Sandpiper 7 6 Actitis hypoleucos
5 Ruff 1 10 Philomachus pugnax
2 Pomarine Skua 1 1 Stercorarius pomarinus
8 Arctic Skua 1 4 Stercorarius parasiticus
4 Audouin's Gull 1 1 Larus audouinii
5 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
8 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 10 Larus fuscus
1 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
7 Black-headed Gull 1 2 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
8 Grey-headed Gull 5 50 Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
8 Slender-Billed Gull 3 200 Chroicocephalus genei
4 Little Tern 2 2 Sternula albifrons
8 Caspian Tern 5 20 Hydroprogne caspia
8 Gull-billed Tern 5 10 Gelochelidon nilotica
8 Whiskered Tern 1 2 Chlidonias hybrida
1 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
8 Sandwich Tern 4 30 Sterna sandvicensis
1 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
8 Royal Tern 3 5 Sterna maxima
4 Common Tern 1 5 Sterna hirundo
6 Four-banded Sandgrouse 3 10 Pterocles quadricinctus
7 Bruce's Green Pigeon 1 3 Treron waalia
8 African Green Pigeon 2 6 Treron calvus
8 Speckled Pigeon 6 20 Columba guinea
3 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
8 African Mourning Dove 3 50 Streptopelia decipiens
8 Red-eyed Dove 7 200 Streptopelia semitorquata
8 Vinaceous Dove 7 30 Streptopelia vinacea
8 Laughing Dove 7 10 Streptopelia senegalensis
8 Namaqua Dove 4 10 Oena capensis
8 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 3 2 Turtur afer
8 Black-billed Wood Dove 6 10 Turtur abyssinicus
8 Rose-ringed Parakeet 4 30 Psittacula krameri
8 Senegal Parrot 5 6 Poicephalus senegalus
8 Violet Turaco 3 8 Musophaga violacea
8 Green Turaco 1 1 Tauraco persa
8 Western Grey Plantain-Eater 7 20 Crinifer piscator
7 Klaas's Cuckoo 1 2 Chrysococcyx klaas
3 Diederik Cuckoo 1 2 Chrysococcyx caprius
2 Levaillant's Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator levaillantii
1 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
3 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
8 Senegal Coucal 7 10 Centropus senegalensis
4 Barn Owl Tyto alba
8 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 2 Glaucidium perlatum
5 African Scops Owl 1 1 Otus senegalensis
5 Northern White-faced Owl 2 2 Ptilopsis leucotis
5 Greyish Eagle Owl 1 2 Bubo cinerascens
4 Verreaux's Eagle Owl 1 1 Bubo lacterus
4 Long-tailed Nightjar 2 2 Caprimulgus climacurus
2 Standard-winged Nightjar 2 3 Macrodipteryx longipennis
8 Mottled Spinetail 3 10 Telacanthura ussheri
4 Pallid Swift 2 5 Apus pallidus
8 Little Swift 5 10 Apus affinis
8 African Palm Swift 6 10 Cypsiurus parvus
5 African Pygmy Kingfisher 1 2 Ceyx pictus
8 Malachite Kingfisher 2 6 Alcedo cristata
1 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
8 Pied Kingfisher 6 30 Ceryle rudis
2 Woodland Kingfisher 1 1 Halcyon senegalensis
2 Grey-headed Kingfisher 1 1 Halcyon leucocephala
8 Blue-breasted Kingfisher 1 10 Halcyon malimbica
8 Striped Kingfisher 3 1 Halcyon chelicuti
8 Giant Kingfisher 3 2 Megaceryle maxima
8 European Bee-eater 3 30 Merops apiaster
2 Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
8 Little Bee-eater 3 15 Merops pusillus
3 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
8 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 3 4 Merops hirundineus
7 White-throated Bee-eater 1 4 Merops albicollis
8 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 5 50 Merops persicus
4 Little Green Bee-eater 1 2 Merops orientalis
8 Broad-billed Roller 5 4 Eurystomus glaucurus
8 Rufous-crowned Roller 3 4 Coracias naevius
8 Blue-bellied Roller 5 10 Coracias cyanogaster
8 Abyssinian Roller 6 50 Coracias abyssinicus
8 Green Wood Hoopoe 5 10 Phoeniculus purpureus
6 Black Scimitar-bill 2 2 Rhinopomastus aterrimus
8 European Hoopoe 1 1 Upupa epops
8 Red-billed Hornbill 7 20 Tockus erythrorhynchus
8 African Pied Hornbill 2 3 Tockus fasciatus
8 African Grey Hornbill 7 6 Tockus nasutus
5 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 1 1 Bucorvus abyssinicus
8 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 1 3 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
8 Bearded Barbet 4 5 Lybius dubius
8 Vieillot's Barbet 2 2 Lybius vieilloti
6 Greater Honeyguide 1 1 Indicator indicator
5 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
2 Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
2 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
6 Fine-spotted Woodpecker 1 2 Campethera punctuligera
5 Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa
6 Brown-backed Woodpecker 2 2 Dendropicos obsoletus
8 Grey Woodpecker 6 6 Dendropicos goertae
1 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
2 Eurasian Wryneck 3 2 Jynx torquilla
8 Crested Lark 2 4 Galerida cristata
8 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 2 2 Eremopterix leucotis
6 Sand Martin 1 20 Riparia riparia
8 Red-chested Swallow 6 20 Hirundo lucida
8 Wire-tailed Swallow 2 6 Hirundo smithii
8 West African' Red-rumped Swallow 1 10 Hirundo daurica domicella
6 Mosque Swallow 1 2 Hirundo senegalensis
2 Rufous-chested Swallow 2 2 Hirundo semirufa
8 Pied-winged Swallow 1 1 Hirundo leucosoma
6 House Martin 1 2 Delichon urbicum
8 Fanti Saw-wing 1 4 Psalidoprocne obscura
8 Tree Pipit 2 2 Anthus trivialis
1 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
2 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
8 Yellow Wagtail 4 6 Motacilla flava
8 White Wagtail 3 5 Motacilla alba
1 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
1 Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga phoenicea
8 Common Bulbul 7 10 Pycnonotus barbatus
1 Simple Leaflove Chlorocichla simplex
6 Yellow-throated Leaflove 2 2 Chlorocichla flavicollis
8 Little Greenbul 1 2 Andropadus virens
8 Grey-headed Bristlebill 1 2 Bleda canicapilla
8 African Thrush 2 6 Turdus pelios
8 White-crowned Robin Chat 1 2 Cossypha albicapilla
8 Snowy-crowned Robin Chat 1 2 Cossypha niveicapilla
2 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
8 Common Nightingale 1 1 H Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
7 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
8 Whinchat 1 3 Saxicola rubetra
5 White-fronted Black Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
8 Northern Anteater Chat 1 1 Myrmecocichla aethiops
1 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
5 Reed Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
6 Western Olivaceous Warbler 4 2 Hippolais opaca
7 Melodious Warbler 4 10 Hippolais polyglotta
2 Garden Warbler 1 1 Sylvia borin
8 Common Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia communis
6 Subalpine Warbler 3 2 Sylvia cantillans
4 Blackcap 1 1 Sylvia atricapilla
8 Chiffchaff 3 5 Phylloscopus collybita
1 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
5 Green Hylia Hylia prasina
8 Senegal Eremomela 4 4 Eremomela pusilla
8 Northern Crombec 1 2 Sylvietta brachyura
5 Green Crombec 1 2 Sylvietta virens
6 Oriole Warbler 1 2 Hypergerus atriceps
1 Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
8 Grey-backed Camaroptera 4 1 Camaroptera brachyura
8 Tawny-flanked Prinia 6 2 Prinia subflava
8 Red-winged Warbler 1 2 Heliolais erythropterus
8 Yellow-breasted Apalis 1 2 Apalis flavida
8 Zitting Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola juncidis
2 Rufous Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola rufus
1 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
5 Whistling Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola lateralis
6 Singing Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola cantans
3 Winding Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola galactotes
8 Northern Black Flycatcher 1 1 Melaenornis edolioides
2 Pale Flycatcher 1 2 Melaenornis pallidus
5 African Paradise Flycatcher 2 1 Terpsiphone viridis
8 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher 2 2 Terpsiphone rufiventer
3 African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
7 Senegal Batis 3 1 Batis senegalensis
8 Common Wattle-eye 1 2 Platysteira cyanea
8 Blackcap Babbler 3 6 Turdoides reinwardtii
8 Brown Babbler 6 10 Turdoides plebejus
5 White-shouldered Black Tit 1 2 Parus guineensis
3 Yellow Penduline Tit 2 2 Anthoscopus parvulus
5 Yellow White-eye 3 4 Zosterops senegalensis
1 Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
8 Mouse-brown Sunbird 1 4 Anthreptes gabonicus
7 Pygmy Sunbird 1 2 Anthreptes platurus
7 Collared Sunbird 1 3 Anthreptes collaris
7 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 3 2 Chalcomitra senegalensis
8 Variable Sunbird 2 1 Cinnyris venustus
6 Copper Sunbird 1 2 Cinnyris cupreus
8 Splendid Sunbird 3 2 Cinnyris coccinigastrus
8 Beautiful Sunbird 6 5 Cinnyris pulchellus
8 Woodchat Shrike 2 2 Lanius senator
8 Yellow-billed Shrike 5 15 Corvinella corvina
8 White Helmet-Shrike 3 12 Prionops plumatus
5 Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike 1 1 Malaconotus sulfureopectus
3 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 1 1 Malaconotus blanchoti
8 Northern Puffback 3 3 Dryoscopus gambensis
8 Yellow-crowned Gonolek 3 6 Laniarius barbarus
7 Brubru 1 2 Nilaus afer
8 Black-crowned Tchagra 3 5 Tchagra senegalus
6 African Golden Oriole 3 2 Oriolus auratus
8 Fork-tailed Drongo 6 5 Dicrurus adsimilis
8 Piapiac 7 40 Ptilostomus afer
8 Pied Crow 7 50 Corvus albus
1 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
6 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 3 9 Buphagus africanus
3 Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
8 Purple Glossy Starling 5 20 Lamprotornis purpureus
6 Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling 1 2 Lamprotornis chalcurus
8 Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling 3 20 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
6 Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
8 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 7 20 Lamprotornis caudatus
8 House Sparrow 1 1 Passer domesticus
8 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 5 10 Passer griseus
2 Sudan Golden Sparrow 1 3 Passer luteus
8 Bush Petronia 2 2 Petronia dentata
7 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver 2 4 Plocepasser superciliosus
6 Little Weaver 1 5 Ploceus luteolus
3 Vitelline Masked Weaver 3 2 Ploceus vitellinus
1 Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
8 Village Weaver 4 200 Ploceus cucullatus
8 Black-necked Weaver 3 15 Ploceus nigricollis
8 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver 4 20 Bubalornis albirostris
6 Red-billed Quelea 1 50 Quelea quelea
2 Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
8 Northern Red Bishop 3 500 Euplectes franciscanus
2 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
1 Red-winged Pytilia 1 1 Pytilia phoenicoptera
6 Western Bluebill 1 1 Spermophaga haematina
4 Orange-cheeked Waxbill 1 5 Estrilda melpoda
8 Lavender Waxbill 5 4 Estrilda caerulescens
6 Black-rumped Waxbill 1 5 Estrilda troglodytes
8 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 6 6 Uraeginthus bengalus
6 Quail-Finch 1 1 Ortygospiza atricollis
1 Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
8 Red-billed Firefinch 6 5 Lagonosticta senegala
5 Cut-throat Finch 1 2 Amadina fasciata
2 African Silverbill 1 2 Euodice cantans
8 Bronze Mannikin 2 50 Spermestes cucullata
2 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
8 Exclamatory Paradise Whydah 1 10 Vidua interjecta
8 Village Indigobird 1 1 Vidua chalybeata
2 White-rumped Seedeater Serinus leucopygius
8 Yellow-fronted Canary 4 5 Serinus mozambicus
3 Brown-rumped Bunting 1 2 Emberiza affinis
2 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 1 2 Emberiza tahapisi