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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