Double-spurred Francolin |
|
sev. heard, some seen
e.g. Abuko, Bush Track |
White-faced Whistling-Duck |
|
1
family (?) Kotu ponds; Pirang two groups |
Greater Honeyguide |
|
Marakissa
female in low bush along small trail |
Fine-spotted Woodpecker |
|
one
only!, Marakissa in scope after long walk to southern marsh |
Grey
Woodpecker |
|
sev.
sites, also Senegambia hotel garden |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird |
|
often
heard, once seen in low bush Marakissa |
Vieillot's Barbet |
|
Bush
Track sev. around open savanna plot |
Bearded Barbet |
|
sev.
in savanna woodlands (first at Fajara golf course) |
Red-billed Hornbill |
|
many
places e.g. Senegambia hotel garden |
African Pied Hornbill |
|
Brufut
in treetop, a few later at other sites |
African Grey Hornbill |
|
sev.
places, e.g. Bijilo park |
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill |
|
Bush
Track pair in small tree in woodland savanna |
Green
Woodhoopoe |
|
some
groups e.g. Bijilo park left of entrance |
Abyssinian Roller |
|
a
few only e.g. Fajara golf course |
Rufous-crowned Roller |
|
Bush
Track 1 in open treetop, scope view |
Blue-bellied Roller |
|
Casino
cycle track 3 in different palms; sev. later in wooded savannas |
Broad-billed Roller |
|
Senegambia
hotel garden group in air at dusk; Brufut aerial group at midday |
Malachite Kingfisher |
|
just
inland of Kotu bridge at small reed fringe |
African Pygmy-Kingfisher |
|
Brufut
in low bushy savanna, close to the Striped Kingf. |
Woodland Kingfisher |
|
Bijilo
park in small tree; only once later (Brufut?) |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher |
|
Pirang
village below large shady tree along dusty road |
Striped Kingfisher |
|
Brufut
close view in small tree |
Giant
Kingfisher |
|
Abuko
park Crocodile pond male and later female (preening) |
Pied
Kingfisher |
|
sev.
sites, once even hovering above sea (Tanji) |
Little Bee-eater |
|
best
at Bijilo park, confiding group |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
|
Brufut
clear view in open tree |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
|
Pirang
sev. ar and in mangroves right |
Levaillant's Cuckoo |
|
Brufut
well seen in small tree and in flight |
Klaas's Cuckoo |
|
Brufut
well seen on top of small tree |
Senegal Coucal |
|
singles
here and there, e.g. Fajara |
Senegal Parrot |
|
Bijilo
park on palm stump |
Rose-ringed Parakeet |
|
opp.
Bijilo park (a garden), few elsewhere |
Mottled Spinetail |
|
Brufut
clear view, few elsewhere |
African Palm-Swift |
|
sev.
throughout |
Little Swift |
|
sev.,
best seen at Pirang |
Green
(Guinea) Turaco |
|
Abuko
hoping from tree to tree a end of shortcut trail |
Violet Turaco |
|
Abuko
1 at shortcut trail, swallowing fruit; Brufut several! |
Western Grey Plantain-eater |
|
Abuko
very noisy groups inside forest |
Pearl-spotted Owlet |
|
Brufut
at end one seen at eye-level |
Long-tailed Nightjar |
|
 Casino Cycle Track side track at dusk
near beach |
Speckled Pigeon |
|
Senegambia
hotel garden 3 on roof; few other places, singles |
Laughing Dove |
|
many
places, e.g. Senegambia hotel garden, often highly visible |
Mourning Collared-Dove |
|
where? |
Vinaceous Dove |
|
calling
on many places |
Red-eyed Dove |
|
e.g.
Senegambia hotel garden, on ground |
Black-billed Wood-Dove |
|
often
heard (or Blue-spotted); good view in Brufut area |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove |
|
best
seen in Marakissa and Abuko: blue spots in sunshine |
Namaqua Dove |
|
several
Bush Track |
African Green-Pigeon |
|
Pirang
at town rice fields in trees; Marakissa village (video) |
Black
Crowned-Crane |
|
Pirang
2 closeby in old shrimp ponds, landing at only 70 m distance |
Black
Crake |
|
Abuko
Croc. pond 2 walking on left-hand border; also heard at
Marakissa river camp |
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
2
in Kotu stream Fajara golf course; large group (c. 40) on beach
Tanji |
Whimbrel |
|
a
few throughout |
Common Redshank |
|
four
at Kotu ponds |
Common Greenshank |
|
Fajara:
Kotu stream; a few later on (e.g. Pirang) |
Wood
Sandpiper |
|
one
at Kotu ponds |
Common Sandpiper |
|
a
few |
Ruddy
Turnstone |
|
sev.
at Tanji beach |
Sanderling |
|
many
at Tanji beach |
Little Stint |
|
Pirang
1 between 5 Curlew Sandp. |
Curlew Sandpiper |
|
one
Kotu ponds; several Pirang |
Ruff |
|
Pirang
1 in flight |
African Jacana |
|
Abuko
Croc. pond and at first hide |
Senegal Thick-knee |
|
sev.,
best at Pirang 2 below dike; first one at end of Brufut area, at
small creek |
Eurasian Oystercatcher |
|
one
at Tanji beach |
Black-winged Stilt |
|
c.
6 at Kotu ponds; some at Pirang |
Pied
Avocet |
|
Pirang
a few |
Common Ringed Plover |
|
Tanji
beach a few |
Spur-winged Lapwing |
|
one
at Fajara golf course |
Black-headed Lapwing |
|
sev.,
first at Fajara golf course (two together) |
Wattled Lapwing |
|
two
along road to Bijilo park entrance |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
Tanji
beach a few |
Grey-headed Gull |
|
sev.
along coast |
Gull-billed Tern |
|
Pirang
a few flying around |
Caspian Tern |
|
sev.
along coast |
Royal
Tern |
|
Pirang
group to the right |
Sandwich Tern |
|
Tanji
beach a few |
Common Tern |
|
Tanji
beach sev. |
Little Tern |
|
Pirang
a few near mangroves right |
Osprey |
|
a
few throughout |
Black-winged Kite |
|
Kotu
bridge, and a few later on |
Black
Kite |
|
common
but should be more visible in other seasons |
Palm-nut Vulture |
|
Abuko
male a while before zoo, nearby in flight; later a few only
(e.g. Pirang) |
Hooded Vulture |
|
common,
e.g. at Senegambia hotel |
Bateleur |
|
Bush
Track 1 adult overhead |
Western Marsh-Harrier |
|
Pirang
1 subad. male; Marakissa swamp 1 |
African Harrier-Hawk |
|
sev.,
best at Abuko Croc.pond close view in tree |
Lizard Buzzard |
|
sev.
Marakissa; first at Brufut, in palm |
Dark
Chanting-Goshawk |
|
in
flight sev. places e.g. Casino Cycle Track |
Gabar
Goshawk |
|
Brufut
overhead (format; rump); Marakissa perched, scope view early
a.m. |
Shikra |
|
a
few, first at Fajara golf course, chased by Pied Crows |
Grasshopper Buzzard |
|
first
bird of Bush Track, splendidly exposed in tree (video) |
Tawny
Eagle |
|
Marakissa
dark female adult, circling overhead near marsh far at right |
Wahlberg's Eagle |
|
probably
one at Brufut: narrow straight wings and tail |
Martial Eagle |
|
Bush
Track 1 adult circling overhead |
Common Kestrel |
|
a
few, e.g. in Kololi, chased by Little Swifts |
Grey
Kestrel |
|
Bijilo
park Ornith. trail 1 on palm stump |
African Hobby |
|
Pirang
small rice fields twice closeby overhead |
Lanner Falcon |
|
Marakissa
low flight across road |
Little Grebe |
|
sev.
Kotu ponds |
African Darter |
|
Marakissa
river camp on river bank |
Long-tailed Cormorant |
|
Kotu
ponds 1 flying out; sev. at Pirang |
Black
Heron |
|
a
few at Pirang (first ones: 2 overhead) |
Little Egret |
|
Pirang
in large flight group of egrets and spoonbills |
Western Reef-Egret |
|
one
closeby along Casino Cycle Track marshy spot |
Grey
Heron |
|
Abuko
1 , Pirang 1 |
Black-headed Heron |
|
dozens
Abuko evening roost flight; Abuko Croc.pond sev. in flight |
Purple Heron |
|
Pirang
a few |
Great
Egret |
|
some,
esp. Pirang |
Intermediate Egret |
|
sev.
Pirang, e.g. on dikes |
Cattle Egret |
|
sev.
throughout in pastures |
Squacco Heron |
|
Abuko
Croc.pond two; one Kotu bridge |
Striated Heron |
|
Abuko
just before Croc.pond |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
Abuko
Croc. pond sev. |
Hamerkop |
|
Abuko
Croc.pond and some elsewhere (Casino Cycle Track) |
Greater Flamingo |
|
Pirang
4 ad. plus 2 young in upper right-hand corner |
Eurasian Spoonbill |
|
Pirang
a few |
African Spoonbill |
|
Pirang
sev., esp. in large group of egrets etc. |
Pink-backed Pelican |
|
sev.
Pirang |
Yellow-billed Stork |
|
Pirang
a few |
Woolly-necked Stork |
|
Pirang
one on small dike between shrimp ponds, in distance |
Woodchat Shrike |
|
male
Bush Track in same tree as Vieillot's Barbet |
Yellow-billed Shrike |
|
sev.
open places a.g. along road to Bijilo park entrance |
Piapiac |
|
group
at drip system Senegambia hotel garden; few elsewhere |
Pied
Crow |
|
small
groups of 2 or 3 on sev, places e.g. Senegambia hotel garden |
African Golden-Oriole |
|
Brufut
(female), Marakissa male close view in small tree |
Fork-tailed Drongo |
|
Kotu
ponds first one; later few elsewhere |
Red-breasted/Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher |
|
Abuko
several, some with white on wing! (video) |
Northern Puffback |
|
Abuko
one in large acacia in savanna part near cross trail; more at
Marakissa |
Black-crowned Tchagra |
|
Brufut
sev. heard, finally seen one hidden in top of small tree |
Common (Yellow-crowned) Gonolek |
|
easy
in Senegambia hotel garden; elsewhere only heard |
Grey-headed Bushshrike |
|
near
Marakissa river camp one in big tree (other side of road) |
White(-crested) Helmetshrike |
|
Marakissa
close view in small tree at trail (video) |
Senegal Batis |
|
Brufut
female close view in small tree while we searched a calling
tinkerbird |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye |
|
male
Abuko dense tall forest part close view right at trail |
African Thrush |
|
  in garden Senegambia hotel, and
often elsewhere on shady places |
Northern Black-Flycatcher |
|
singles
at sev. placese.g. Senegambia hotel garden near small pond |
Common Nightingale |
|
- one singing at Brufut |
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat |
|
a
few in the elevated part of Bijilo park, on forest floor |
White-crowned Robin-Chat |
|
a
few in garden Senegambia hotel |
Whinchat |
|
one
on small stake Brufut |
Purple Glossy-Starling |
|
Brufut
in tall tree along road |
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling |
|
e.g.
Senegambia hotel garden |
Long-tailed Glossy-Starling |
|
e.g.
Senegambia hotel garden |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
|
two
at border of small rice fields near Pirang town |
Barn
Swallow |
|
Pirang
next to Red-chested Swallow on twigs |
Red-chested Swallow |
|
a
group at Brufut; some at Pirang |
Wire-tailed Swallow |
|
Kotu
ponds several; Pirang one group |
Mosque Swallow |
|
 few passing overhead at Pirang while
waiting for the cranes |
Red-rumped Swallow |
|
Pirang
in group of other swallows at Marshy pond |
Fanti
Sawwing |
|
Abuko
Croc. pond one or two circling around; only once later
(Marakissa?) |
Garden (Common) Bulbul |
|
singles
at many places, e.g. Senegambia hotel garden |
Little Greenbul |
|
Abuko
one shortly after entrance in shady tree |
Yellow-throated Greenbul |
|
agitated
group inside forest Abuko |
Singing Cisticola |
|
close
view in grass Brufut, with song |
Siffling Cisticola |
|
Brufut
well seen |
Zitting Cisticola |
|
Brufut
in grass; also Pirang at marsh left side |
Tawny-flanked Prinia |
|
calling
in many places; first seen at weedy patch before entrance Bijilo
park |
Oriole Warbler |
|
sev.
heard and some seen Bijilo park esp. lower part |
Grey-backed Camaroptera |
|
Bijilo
close views |
Olivaceous Warbler |
|
Pirang
rice fields in tree together with Bonelli's Warbler |
Melodious Warbler |
|
one
seen singing Brufut near Nightingale |
Senegal (Green-backed) Eremomela |
|
close
view in sun in low tree Brufut |
Northern Crombec |
|
two
in small tree Bijilo ornith. trail; Brufut one too |
Bonelli's Warbler |
|
Brufut:
best view ever (light conditions), inside tree |
Blackcap Babbler |
|
noisy
group in Senegambia hotel garden |
Brown
Babbler |
|
two
quarreling with bulbuls at Senegambia hotel garden; few
elsewhere |
Subalpine Warbler |
|
sev.
singing and some seen e.g. Brufut |
Crested Lark |
|
sev.
on dikes Pirang |
Collared Sunbird |
|
one
adult (Bush Track?) |
Variable Sunbird |
|
male
in small tree along Casino Cycle Track |
Splendid Sunbird |
|
a
few, e.g. female Bijilo park, male Casino Cycle Track near
nightjar spot |
Beautiful Sunbird |
|
many
places, often well visible; first at Senegambia hotel garden |
House
Sparrow |
|
a
few at Kololi |
Grey-headed Sparrow |
|
sev.
places, fist in bush along Casino Cycle Track |
Yellow Wagtail |
|
Pirang
a few |
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
|
small
group in tree at Casino Cycle Track (side track to nightjar
spot) |
Black-necked Weaver |
|
many
wooded places; first Bijilo park a few low in dense trees |
Village Weaver |
|
many
places e.g. Senegambia hotel garden |
Orange (Northern Red) Bishop |
|
Brufut
and Bush Track male in transition plumage; sev. female types |
Red-billed Firefinch |
|
undergrowth
Bijilo park Red Trail |
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu |
|
small
groups and singles e.g. weedy patch before entrance Bijilo park |
Lavender Waxbill |
|
groups
in bushes e.g. at small pond Senegambia hotel garden |
African Silverbill |
|
group
in high grass along Casino Cycle Track |
Bronze Munia (Mannikin) |
|
small
groups sev. places, e.g. Senegambia hotel garden |
Village Indigobird |
|
female
types in dry bush along Casino Cycle Track |
Pin-tailed Whydah |
|
male
with short tail Brufut exposed in tree |
Yellow-fronted Canary |
|
Brufut
in small tree in open savanna (video) |