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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Gambia

Cumulative Checklist

with James Lidster and local guides as leaders

  • Column A = Number of tours out of nine species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour.
  • Column D = H= denotes a species that was heard but was not seen, (H)= denotes a species that was heard more often than it was seen
A B C D
2 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
9 African Darter 4 30 Anhinga rufa
9 Long-tailed Cormorant 5 50 Phalacrocorax africanus
9 White-breasted' Great Cormorant 1 30 Phalacrocorax carbo (lucidus)
8 Great White Pelican 2 150 Pelecanus onocrotalus
9 Pink-backed Pelican 6 80 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
9 Grey Heron 6 10 Ardea cinerea
9 Black-headed Heron 5 10 Ardea melanocephala
9 Purple Heron 5 2 Ardea purpurea
7 Goliath Heron 1 1 Ardea goliath
9 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 5 Nycticorax nycticorax
7 White-backed Night Heron 1 2 Gorsachius leuconotus
9 Squacco Heron 6 10 Ardeola ralloides
9 Western Reef Egret 7 200 Egretta gularis
9 Black Egret 3 20 Egretta ardesiaca
9 Cattle Egret 8 500 Bubulcus ibis
9 Little Egret 4 15 Egretta garzetta
9 Intermediate Egret 2 50 Egretta intermedia
9 Great White Egret 7 20 Egretta alba
9 Hamerkop 5 15 Scopus umbretta
9 Striated Heron 4 2 Butorides striata
9 Yellow-billed Stork 3 12 Mycteria ibis
2 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
2 Black Stork 1 8 Ciconia nigra
6 Woolly-necked Stork 3 20 Ciconia episcopus
3 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
5 European Spoonbill 1 5 Platalea leucorodia
5 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
1 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
8 Sacred Ibis 2 3 Threskiornis aethiopicus
9 White-faced Whistling Duck 4 50 Dendrocygna viduata
2 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
4 Knob-billed Duck 1 4 Sarkidiornis melanotos
7 Spur-winged Goose 2 9 Plectropterus gambensis
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
6 African Fish Eagle 3 3 Haliaeetus vocifer
9 Osprey 7 7 Pandion haliaetus
9 Palm-nut Vulture 3 3 Gypohierax angolensis
9 African Harrier-Hawk 6 3 Polyboroides typus
7 Bateleur 1 6 Terathopius ecaudatus
9 Hooded Vulture 8 200 Necrosyrtes monachus
2 White-headed Vulture 1 1 Trigonoceps occipitalis
9 White-backed Vulture 2 4 Gyps africanus
7 Rüppell's Vulture 2 6 Gyps rueppellii
4 Eurasian Griffon Vulture 1 2 Gyps fulvus
8 Black Kite Milvus migrans
9 Yellow-billed Kite 8 100 Milvus parasitus
9 Western Marsh Harrier 5 10 Circus aeruginosus
9 Montagu's Harrier 2 5 Circus pygargus
8 Beaudouin's Snake-eagle 3 2 Circaetus beaudouini
2 Short-toed Eagle 1 1 Cicaetus gallicus
7 Brown Snake-Eagle 1 4 Circaetus cinereus
2 Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
9 Black-shouldered Kite 5 2 Elanus caeruleus
1 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
9 Shikra 7 3 Accipiter badius
2 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
4 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
9 Dark Chanting Goshawk 4 6 Melierax metabates
9 Lizard Buzzard 6 8 Kaupifalco monogrammicus
9 Grasshopper Buzzard 3 10 Butastur rufipennis
6 Wahlberg's Eagle 3 4 Aquila wahlbergi
7 Tawny Eagle 2 2 Aquila rapax
3 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata
5 Martial Eagle 2 4 Polemaetus bellicosus
7 Long-crested Eagle 2 1 Lophaetus occipitalis
8 African Hawk Eagle 1 2 Hieraaetus spilogaster
9 Common Kestrel 3 1 Falco tinnunculus
1 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
9 Lanner Falcon 4 6 Falco biarmicus
9 Grey Kestrel 4 2 Falco ardosiaceus
9 Red-necked Falcon 1 2 Falco chicquera
3 African Hobby 2 1 Falco cuvierii
3 Helmeted Guineafowl 1 7 Numida meleagris
9 Double-spurred Francolin 7 5 Francolinus bicalcaratus
3 Ahanta Francolin 3 2 (H) Francolinus ahantensis
2 Common Quail 1 3 Coturnix coturnix
6 Stone Partridge 1 8 Ptilopachus petrosus
9 Black Crake 2 2 Amaurornis flavirostra
2 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
2 Purple Swamphen 1 1 Porphyrio porphyrio
1 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
9 African Jacana 1 1 Actophilornis africana
4 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
2 Black-crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
2 Black-bellied Bustard 1 1 Lissotis melanogaster
6 Savile's Bustard 1 2 H Lophotis savilei
9 Senegal Thick-knee 8 100 Burhinus senegalensis
5 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
5 Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 1 Haematopus ostralegus
9 Black-winged Stilt 6 10 Himantopus himantopus
5 Avocet 1 10 Recurvirostra avosetta
1 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
4 Common Snipe 2 1 Gallinago gallinago
8 Egyptian Plover 1 2 Pluvianus aegyptius
4 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
9 Collared Pratincole 2 200 Glareola pratincola
2 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
4 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
9 Black-headed Lapwing 2 6 Vanellus tectus
9 Spur-winged Lapwing 7 100 Vanellus spinosus
9 Wattled Lapwing 7 50 Vanellus senegallus
9 Ruddy Turnstone 1 5 Arenaria interpres
5 Kittlitz's Plover 1 3 Charadrius pecuarius
7 Ringed Plover 6 15 Charadrius hiaticula
4 Kentish Plover 2 2 Charadrius alexandrinus
6 Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
3 White-fronted Plover 1 3 Charadrius marginatus
9 Grey Plover 5 3 Pluvialis squatarola
5 Black-tailed Godwit 3 20 Limosa limosa
9 Bar-tailed Godwit 4 7 Limosa lapponica
9 Eurasian Whimbrel 8 50 Numenius phaeopus
5 Eurasian Curlew 1 1 Numenius arquata
8 Little Stint Calidris minuta
9 Sanderling 2 3 Calidris alba
8 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
9 Green Sandpiper 4 2 Tringa ochropus
9 Wood Sandpiper 3 30 Tringa glareola
9 Common Redshank 4 5 Tringa totanus
1 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
9 Common Greenshank 7 10 Tringa nebularia
8 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
9 Common Sandpiper 8 20 Actitis hypoleucos
6 Ruff 2 30 Philomachus pugnax
3 Pomarine Skua 1 9 Stercorarius pomarinus
9 Arctic Skua 2 1 Stercorarius parasiticus
5 Audouin's Gull 3 15 Larus audouinii
6 Kelp Gull 2 4 Larus dominicanus
9 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 200 Larus fuscus
1 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
8 Black-headed Gull 3 2 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
9 Grey-headed Gull 6 300 Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
9 Slender-Billed Gull 3 50 Chroicocephalus genei
5 Little Tern 1 2 Sternula albifrons
9 Caspian Tern 6 600 Hydroprogne caspia
9 Gull-billed Tern 5 30 Gelochelidon nilotica
9 Whiskered Tern 1 2 Chlidonias hybrida
2 Black Tern 1 2 Chlidonias niger
9 Sandwich Tern 5 10 Sterna sandvicensis
1 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
9 Royal Tern 5 15 Sterna maxima
5 Common Tern 2 10 Sterna hirundo
7 Four-banded Sandgrouse 2 8 Pterocles quadricinctus
8 Bruce's Green Pigeon 4 6 Treron waalia
9 African Green Pigeon 1 10 Treron calvus
9 Speckled Pigeon 7 50 Columba guinea
3 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
9 African Mourning Dove 8 10 Streptopelia decipiens
9 Red-eyed Dove 8 50 Streptopelia semitorquata
9 Vinaceous Dove 8 10 Streptopelia vinacea
9 Laughing Dove 8 50 Streptopelia senegalensis
9 Namaqua Dove 4 50 Oena capensis
9 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 2 3 Turtur afer
9 Black-billed Wood Dove 6 10 Turtur abyssinicus
9 Rose-ringed Parakeet 6 10 Psittacula krameri
9 Senegal Parrot 5 7 (H) Poicephalus senegalus
9 Violet Turaco 2 8 Musophaga violacea
9 Green Turaco 2 3 Tauraco persa
9 Western Grey Plantain-Eater 7 20 Crinifer piscator
8 Klaas's Cuckoo 1 1 Chrysococcyx klaas
3 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
2 Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator glandarius
3 Levaillant's Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator levaillantii
1 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
4 Yellowbill 1 1 Ceuthmochares aereus
9 Senegal Coucal 7 6 Centropus senegalensis
5 Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba
9 Pearl-spotted Owlet 3 1 (H) Glaucidium perlatum
6 African Scops Owl 1 1 Otus senegalensis
6 Northern White-faced Owl 1 1 Ptilopsis leucotis
6 Greyish Eagle Owl 1 2 Bubo cinerascens
4 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacterus
4 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
2 Standard-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis
9 Mottled Spinetail 5 3 Telacanthura ussheri
5 Pallid Swift 6 10 Apus pallidus
9 Little Swift 8 100 Apus affinis
1 White-rumped Swift 1 1 Apus cafer
9 African Palm Swift 8 30 Cypsiurus parvus
6 African Pygmy Kingfisher 2 1 Ceyx pictus
9 Malachite Kingfisher 4 2 Alcedo cristata
1 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
9 Pied Kingfisher 8 39 Ceryle rudis
3 Woodland Kingfisher 4 2 Halcyon senegalensis
3 Grey-headed Kingfisher 1 1 Halcyon leucocephala
9 Blue-breasted Kingfisher 3 1 Halcyon malimbica
9 Striped Kingfisher 3 2 Halcyon chelicuti
9 Giant Kingfisher 2 2 Megaceryle maxima
9 European Bee-eater 3 100 Merops apiaster
3 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 2 6 Merops nubicus
9 Little Bee-eater 7 20 Merops pusillus
3 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
9 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 3 2 Merops hirundineus
8 White-throated Bee-eater 1 20 Merops albicollis
9 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 10 Merops persicus
5 Little Green Bee-eater 1 2 Merops orientalis
9 Broad-billed Roller 7 6 Eurystomus glaucurus
9 Rufous-crowned Roller 2 2 Coracias naevius
9 Blue-bellied Roller 6 10 Coracias cyanogaster
9 Abyssinian Roller 4 20 Coracias abyssinicus
9 Green Wood Hoopoe 6 10 Phoeniculus purpureus
7 Black Scimitar-bill 4 2 Rhinopomastus aterrimus
9 European Hoopoe Upupa epops
9 Red-billed Hornbill 8 20 Tockus erythrorhynchus
9 African Pied Hornbill 1 3 Tockus fasciatus
9 African Grey Hornbill 7 20 Tockus nasutus
5 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
9 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 5 3 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
9 Bearded Barbet 5 5 Lybius dubius
9 Vieillot's Barbet 5 3 Lybius vieilloti
7 Greater Honeyguide 1 1 Indicator indicator
5 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
2 Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
2 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
7 Fine-spotted Woodpecker 2 1 Campethera punctuligera
6 Buff-spotted Woodpecker 1 2 Campethera nivosa
7 Brown-backed Woodpecker 3 2 Dendropicos obsoletus
9 Grey Woodpecker 4 2 Dendropicos goertae
1 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
2 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
9 Crested Lark 1 2 Galerida cristata
9 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 1 5 Eremopterix leucotis
7 Sand Martin 2 1 Riparia riparia
9 Red-chested Swallow 5 30 Hirundo lucida
9 Wire-tailed Swallow 4 5 Hirundo smithii
9 West African' Red-rumped Swallow 4 30 Hirundo daurica domicella
7 Mosque Swallow 2 5 Hirundo senegalensis
3 Rufous-chested Swallow 2 10 Hirundo semirufa
9 Pied-winged Swallow 2 2 Hirundo leucosoma
7 House Martin 3 10 Delichon urbicum
9 Fanti Saw-wing 2 2 Psalidoprocne obscura
9 Tree Pipit 1 3 Anthus trivialis
1 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
2 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
9 Yellow Wagtail 4 30 Motacilla flava
9 White Wagtail 2 5 Motacilla alba
1 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
2 Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike 1 1 Campephaga phoenicea
9 Common Bulbul 8 20 Pycnonotus barbatus
1 Leaflove Pyrrhurus scandens
7 Yellow-throated Leaflove 1 3 Chlorocichla flavicollis
9 Little Greenbul 2 5 Andropadus virens
9 Grey-headed Bristlebill 1 1 Bleda canicapilla
9 African Thrush 4 10 Turdus pelios
9 White-crowned Robin Chat 1 2 Cossypha albicapilla
9 Snowy-crowned Robin Chat 2 5 Cossypha niveicapilla
2 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
8 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
8 Northern Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe oenanthe
9 Whinchat 1 1 Saxicola rubetra
6 White-fronted Black Chat 1 2 Myrmecocichla albifrons
9 Northern Anteater Chat 1 4 Myrmecocichla aethiops
2 Sedge Warbler 1 10 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
6 Reed Warbler 2 1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
7 Western Olivaceous Warbler 1 2 Hippolais opaca
8 Melodious Warbler 3 10 Hippolais polyglotta
2 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
9 Common Whitethroat 3 2 Sylvia communis
7 Subalpine Warbler 6 2 Sylvia cantillans
4 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
9 Chiffchaff 2 2 Phylloscopus collybita
1 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
6 Green Hylia 1 1 Hylia prasina
9 Senegal Eremomela 5 2 Eremomela pusilla
9 Northern Crombec 1 2 Sylvietta brachyura
6 Green Crombec 1 1 Sylvietta virens
7 Oriole Warbler 2 4 Hypergerus atriceps
2 Yellow-bellied Hyliota 1 2 Hyliota flavigaster
9 Grey-backed Camaroptera 4 2 Camaroptera brachyura
9 Tawny-flanked Prinia 6 5 Prinia subflava
9 Red-winged Warbler 2 2 Heliolais erythropterus
9 Yellow-breasted Apalis 2 2 Apalis flavida
9 Zitting Cisticola 2 1 Cisticola juncidis
2 Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
1 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
6 Whistling Cisticola 2 2 Cisticola lateralis
7 Singing Cisticola 4 2 Cisticola cantans
3 Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
9 Northern Black Flycatcher 1 2 Melaenornis edolioides
2 Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus
5 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
9 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher 3 2 Terpsiphone rufiventer
4 African Blue Flycatcher 1 1 H Elminia longicauda
8 Senegal Batis 1 1 Batis senegalensis
9 Common Wattle-eye 2 5 Platysteira cyanea
9 Blackcap Babbler 5 6 Turdoides reinwardtii
9 Brown Babbler 5 6 Turdoides plebejus
6 White-shouldered Black Tit 2 4 Parus guineensis
4 Yellow Penduline Tit 1 2 Anthoscopus parvulus
6 Yellow White-eye 1 2 Zosterops senegalensis
1 Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
9 Mouse-brown Sunbird 1 10 Anthreptes gabonicus
8 Pygmy Sunbird 2 4 Anthreptes platurus
8 Collared Sunbird 1 1 Anthreptes collaris
8 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 2 4 Chalcomitra senegalensis
9 Variable Sunbird 2 3 Cinnyris venustus
7 Copper Sunbird 1 3 Cinnyris cupreus
9 Splendid Sunbird 3 5 Cinnyris coccinigastrus
9 Beautiful Sunbird 6 10 Cinnyris pulchellus
9 Woodchat Shrike 3 4 Lanius senator
9 Yellow-billed Shrike 4 20 Corvinella corvina
9 White Helmet-Shrike 3 8 Prionops plumatus
6 Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike 1 1 Malaconotus sulfureopectus
4 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 1 2 Malaconotus blanchoti
9 Northern Puffback 3 2 Dryoscopus gambensis
9 Yellow-crowned Gonolek 8 10 Laniarius barbarus
8 Brubru 2 1 Nilaus afer
9 Black-crowned Tchagra 5 4 Tchagra senegalus
7 African Golden Oriole 4 2 Oriolus auratus
9 Fork-tailed Drongo 5 5 Dicrurus adsimilis
9 Piapiac 7 20 Ptilostomus afer
9 Pied Crow 8 30 Corvus albus
1 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
7 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 2 10 Buphagus africanus
4 Chestnut-bellied Starling 1 1 Lamprotornis pulcher
9 Purple Glossy Starling 5 10 Lamprotornis purpureus
7 Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling 3 1 Lamprotornis chalcurus
9 Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling 3 1 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
7 Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling 3 1 Lamprotornis chloropterus
9 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 8 20 Lamprotornis caudatus
9 House Sparrow 5 7 Passer domesticus
9 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 8 10 Passer griseus
3 Sudan Golden Sparrow 1 2 Passer luteus
9 Bush Petronia 2 20 Petronia dentata
8 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver 3 4 Plocepasser superciliosus
7 Little Weaver 1 1 Ploceus luteolus
4 Vitelline Masked Weaver 2 2 Ploceus vitellinus
1 Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
9 Village Weaver 8 300 Ploceus cucullatus
1 Black-headed Weaver 1 2 Ploceus melanocephalus
9 Black-necked Weaver 3 5 Ploceus nigricollis
9 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver 6 30 Bubalornis albirostris
7 Red-billed Quelea 1 200 Quelea quelea
3 Black-winged Red Bishop 1 3 Euplectes hordeaceus
9 Northern Red Bishop 4 10 Euplectes franciscanus
3 Yellow-crowned Bishop 1 10 Euplectes afer
1 Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
7 Western Bluebill 1 6 Spermophaga haematina
5 Orange-cheeked Waxbill 2 2 Estrilda melpoda
9 Lavender Waxbill 3 4 Estrilda caerulescens
7 Black-rumped Waxbill 1 2 Estrilda troglodytes
9 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 7 10 Uraeginthus bengalus
7 Black-faced Quail-Finch 1 4 Ortygospiza atricollis
1 Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
9 Red-billed Firefinch 6 5 Lagonosticta senegala
6 Cut-throat Finch 1 2 Amadina fasciata
3 African Silverbill 1 6 Euodice cantans
9 Bronze Mannikin 5 20 Spermestes cucullata
3 Pin-tailed Whydah 1 1 Vidua macroura
9 Exclamatory Paradise Whydah 1 5 Vidua interjecta
9 Village Indigobird 2 3 Vidua chalybeata
2 White-rumped Seedeater Serinus leucopygius
9 Yellow-fronted Canary 5 20 Serinus mozambicus
4 Brown-rumped Bunting 1 1 Emberiza affinis
3 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 1 4 Emberiza tahapisi