GAMBIA

 

POTENTIAL BIRD LIST

         

 

KEY:

         

1        = usually seen

2        = often but not always seen

3        = possible, but unlikely

 

1

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

1

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

1

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

1

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

1

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo (lucidus)

1

Long-tailed Cormorant

Phalacrocorax africanus

1

African Darter

Anhinga rufa

2

White-backed Night Heron

Gorsachius leuconotus

1

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

1

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

1

Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

1

Striated Heron

Butorides striatus

1

Black Egret

Egretta ardesiaca

1

Intermediate Egret

Egretta intermedia

1

Western Reef Heron

Egretta gularis

1

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

1

Great White Egret

Egretta alba

1

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

1

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

2

Goliath Heron

Ardea goliath

2

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

2

Wooly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus

1

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumeniferus

1

Yellow-billed Stork

Mycteria ibis

1

African Spoonbill

Platalea alba

2

European Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

2

Black-crowned Crane

Balearica pavonina

2

Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

1

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

1

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

2

African Pygmy Goose

Nettapus auritus

2

Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

2

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

1

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

1

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

1

Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

1

Hooded Vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus

2

Ruppell's Vulture

Gyps rueppellii

2

Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus

1

White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

1

African Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

2

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

1

Wahlberg's Eagle

Aquila wahlbergi

2

African Hawk Eagle

Hieraaetus spilogaster

2

Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

2

Martial Eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

1

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

2

Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

1

Brown Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

2

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

2

Beaudouin's Short-toed Eagle

Circaetus beaudouini

1

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

1

'Yellow-billed'' Kite

Milvus migrans parasitus

1

Grasshopper Buzzard

Butastur rufipennis

1

Black-shouldered Kite

Elanus caerulus

1

Montagu's Harrier

Circuc pygargus

1

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

1

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Melierax metabates

2

Gabar Goshawk

Micronisus gabar

2

African Goshawk

Accipiter tachiro

1

Shikra

Accipiter badius

1

Lizard Buzzard

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

1

Lanner Falcon

Falco biarmicus

2

African Hobby

Falco cuvierii

1

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera

1

Grey Kestrel

Falco ardosiaceus

2

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

1

Double-spurred Francolin

Francolinus bicalcaratus

2

Ahanta Francolin

Francolinus ahantensis

1

Stone Partridge

Ptilopachus petrosus

1

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Pterocles quadricinctus

2

African Crake

Crex egregia

1

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

1

Black Crake

Amaurornis flavirostris

1

Greater Painted-Snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

1

African Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

2

African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

1

Egyptian Plover

Pluvianus aegyptius

2

Bronze-winged Courser

Rhinoptilus chalcopterus

1

Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii

1

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola

2

Spotted Thick-Knee

Burhinus capensis

1

Senegal Thick-Knee

Burhinus senegalensis

1

Black-headed Plover

Vanellus tectus

1

Spur-winged Plover

Vanellua spinosus

1

Wattled Plover

Vanellus senegallus

1

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

1

Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

1

Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

2

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrius

1

White-fronted plover

Charadrius marginatus

2

Kittlitz's Plover

Charadrius pecuarius

1

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

1

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

1

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

1

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

1

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

1

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

1

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

1

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

1

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

1

Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

1

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

2

Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

1

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

1

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

1

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

1

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

1

Little Stint

Calidris minuta

1

Sanderling

Calidris alba

1

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

1

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

2

Pomarine Skua

Stercorarius pomarinus

1

Arctic Skua

Stercorarius parasiticus

2

Audouin's Gull

Larus audouinii

1

Black-headed Gull

Larus ridibundus

1

Grey-headed Gull

Larus cirrocephalus

1

Slender-billed Gull

Larus genei

2

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

2

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

1

Lesser black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

1

Caspian Tern

Sterna caspia

1

Royal Tern

Sterna maxima

2

Lesser Crested Tern

Sterna bengalensis

1

Sandwich Tern

Sterna sandvicensis

1

Gull-billed Tern

Sterna nilotica

1

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

2

White-winged Black Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

1

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

1

Little Tern

Sterna albifrons

1

Laughing Dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

1

European Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur

1

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur afer

1

Black-billed Wood Dove

Turtur abyssinicus

1

Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

1

Bruce's Green Pigeon

Treron waalia

1

African Green Pigeon

Treron calva

1

Namaqua Dove

Oena capensis

1

Red-eyed Dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

1

African Mourning Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

1

Vinaceous Dove

Streptopelia vinacea

1

Piapiac

Ptilostomus afer

2

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

2

Black Coucal

Centropus grillii

1

Senegal Coucal

Centropus senegalensis

1

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii

2

African Cuckoo

Cuculus gularis

1

Klaas's Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

2

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

1

Verreaux's Eagle Owl

Bubo lacterus

1

African Scops Owl

Otus senegalensis

1

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

1

White-faced Scops Owl

Otus leucotis

1

Pearl-Spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

1

Long-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus

2

Standard-winged Nightjar

Macrodipteryx longipennis

1

Pallid Swift

Apus pallidus

1

Common Swift

Apus apus

1

Little Swift

Apus affinis

1

Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri

1

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

1

Black Wood Hoopoe

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

1

Green Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

1

Hoopoe

Upupa epops

1

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

1

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

1

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica

1

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

1

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

1

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

1

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Ceyx picta

1

Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

1

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

1

Blue-bellied Roller

Coracias cyanogaster

1

Rufous-crowned Roller

Coracias naevia

1

Abyssinian Roller

Coracias abyssiniica

1

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

1

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Merops nubicus

1

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

1

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

1

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

2

White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albicollis

1

Red-throated Bee-eater

Merops bullocki

2

Little Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

1

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

1

Senegal Parrot

Poicephalus senegalus

2

Brown-necked Parrot

Poicephalus robustus

1

Violet Turaco

Musophaga violacea

1

Green Turaco

Tauraco persa

1

Western Grey Plantain-Eater

Crinifer piscator

1

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus chrysoconus

1

Bearded Barbet

Lybius dubius

1

Vieillot's Barbet

Lybius vieilloti

1

African Pied Hornbill

Tockus fasciatus

1

Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

1

African Grey Hornbill

Tockus nasutus

1

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus abyssinicus

1

Grey Woodpecker

Mesopicos goertae

1

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

1

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Campethera punctuligera

2

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Campethera nivosa

1

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Picoides obsoletus

1

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

1

Lesser Honeyguide

Indicator minor

2

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

1

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark

Eremopterix leucotis

1

Crested Lark

Galerida cristata

2

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

1

Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys

2

Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris

1

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialis

1

Fanti Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne obscura

1

Red-rumped Swallow

Hirundo daurica

1

Pied-winged Swallow

Hirundo leucosoma

1

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

1

Mosque Swallow

Hirundo senegalensis

2

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

1

Red-chested Swallow

Hirundo lucida

1

House Martin

Delichon urbica

1

Sand Martin

Riparia riparia

1

African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus

2

Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina phoenicea

1

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

1

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

1

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

2

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

1

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

1

Yellow-throated Leaflove

Chlorocichla flavicollis

1

Little Greenbul

Andropadus virens

2

Leaflove

Pyrrhurus scandens

2

Grey-headed Bristlebill

Bleda canicapilla

1

Oriole Warbler

Hypergerus atriceps

1

Blackcap Babbler

Turdoides reinwardtii

1

Brown Babbler

Turdoides plebejus

1

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

1

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

2

Familiar Chat

Cercomela familiaris

1

Northern Anteater Chat

Myrmecocichla aethiops

1

Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

1

White-crowned Robin-chat

Cossypha albicapilla

1

Snowy-crowned Robin-chat

Cossypha niveicapilla

1

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

1

African Thrush

Turdus pelios

2

Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

1

Western Olivaceous Warbler

Hippolais pallida

1

Melodious Warbler

Hippolais polyglotta

2

Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

2

Garden Warbler

Sylvia borin

2

Common Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

1

Western Subalpine Warbler

Sylvia cantillans

1

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

1

Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

1

Western Bonelli's Warbler

Phylloscopus bonelli

1

Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

1

Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis

1

Winding Cisticola

Cisticola galactotes

2

Siffling Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

2

Rufous Cisticola

Cisticola rufus

1

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

1

Red-winged Warbler

Heliolais erythroptera

1

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

1

Green-backed Eremomela

Eremomela pusilla

1

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

1

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

1

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Apalis flavida

2

Green Hylia

Hylia prasina

2

Yellow White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis

2

Yellow Penduline Tit

Anthoscopus parvulus

2

White-shouldered Black tit

Parus leucomelas

2

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

1

Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

1

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica

1

Common Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

1

Senegal Batis

Batis senegalensis

1

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

1

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

1

Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer

1

Pygmy Sunbird

Anthreptes platurus

1

Collared Sunbird

Anthreptes collaris

1

Variable Sunbird

Nectarinia venusta

1

Mouse-brown Sunbird

Anthreptes gabonicus

1

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Nectarinia senegalensis

1

Splendid Sunbird

Nectarinia coccinigaster

1

Beautiful Sunbird

Nectarinia pulchella

1

Copper Sunbird

Nectarinia cuprea

2

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegala

1

Grey-headed Bush Shrike

Malaconotus blanchoti

2

Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike

Malaconotus sulfureopectus

2

Brubru

Nilaus afer

1

Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

1

Yellow-crowned Gonolek

Laniarius barbarus

1

White-crested Helmet Shrike

Prionops plumatus

1

Woodchat Shrike

Lanius senator

1

Yellow-billed Shrike

Corvinella corvina

1

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

1

Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

1

Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis chloropterus

1

Purple Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis purpureus

1

Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis chalcurus

1

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis caudatus

1

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus

1

Sudan Golden Sparrow

Passer luteus

2

White-rumped Seedeater

Serinus leucopygius

1

Yellow-fronted Canary

Serinus mozambicus

1

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

1

Grey-headed Sparrow

Passer griseus

1

Bush Petronia

Petronia dentata

1

White-billed Buffalo-weaver

Bubalornis albirostris

1

Northern Red Bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

1

Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

1

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer

1

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

1

House Bunting

Emberiza striolata

2

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus velatus

1

Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Ploceus heuglini

2

Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

1

Little Weaver

Ploceus luteolus

1

Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis

1

Yellow-backed Weaver

Ploceus melanocephalus

1

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

1

Lavender Waxbill

Estrilda caerulescens

1

Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

1

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

1

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

1

Bronze Mannikin

Lonchura cucullata

1

Exclamatory Paradise Whydah

Vidua interjecta

1

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

1

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

1

Cut-throat Finch

Amadina fasciata

1

Quail-Finch

Ortygospiza artricollis

1

Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea

2

Western Bluebill

Spermophaga haematina