| BIRDS
SEEN IN THE GAMBIA, DECEMBER 1987 |
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| Though a very small country,
the Gambia is extremely rich in birdlife. We engaged a local ornithologist
for one day at the end of the holiday and even at that late stage added
a lot of new species. It was at that time (and probably still is) a very
dirty country and, if not used to third world ways, one should be mentally
prepared for the culture shock. Many people stayed within the confines of
the hotel and its private beach but that is to miss much of the richness
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| Abyssinian roller |
great white egret |
red billed hornbill |
| African darter |
green fruit pigeon |
red billed wood dove |
| African pied wagtail |
green sandpiper |
red cheeked cordon bleu |
| bar tailed godwit |
greenshank |
red eyed dove |
| bearded barbet |
grey headed gull |
redshank |
| blackcap |
grey heron |
reef heron |
| black & white tailed hornbill |
grey hornbill |
ringed plover |
| black headed gull |
grey pelican |
royal tern |
| black headed heron |
grey plantain eater |
ruff |
| black headed plover |
grey plover |
sanderling |
| black heron |
grey headed sparrow |
Sandwich tern |
| black kite |
harrier hawk |
sedge warbler |
| black magpie |
hooded vulture |
Senegal coucal |
| black shouldered kite |
hoopoe |
Senegal firefinch |
| black winged stilt |
house sparrow |
Senegal indigo finch |
| blue bellied roller |
laughing dove |
Senegal long tailed parakeet |
| blue cheeked bee eater |
lesser black backed gull |
Senegal parrot |
| bronze mannikin |
lesser flamingo |
Senegal plover |
| brown harrier eagle |
little African swift |
Senegal wattled plover |
| buffalo warbler |
little bee eater |
Senegal wood hoopoe |
| bush sparrow |
little egret |
simple leaf-love |
| Cameroon indigo finch |
little ringed plover |
speckled pigeon |
| Caspian tern |
little tern |
splendid starling |
| cattle egret |
lizard buzzard |
splendid sunbird |
| chestnut backed finch lark |
long crested helmet shrike |
spur winged plover |
| collared sunbird |
long tailed dove |
stone partridge |
| common garden bulbul |
long tailed glossy starling |
striped kingfisher |
| common sandpiper |
long tailed shag |
superb sunbird |
| common snipe |
long tailed shrike |
swallow tailed bee eater |
| common tern |
mosque swallow |
tambourine dove |
| crested lark |
mourning dove |
turnstone |
| curlew |
night heron |
village weaver |
| dabchick |
nuthatch warbler |
West African thrush |
| double spurred francolin |
orange weaver |
whimbrel |
| European swallow |
osprey |
white breasted cormorant |
| fanti rough winged swallow |
palm nut vulture |
white throated bee eater |
| fine spotted woodpecker |
palm swift |
white wagtail |
| garganey |
pied crow |
wood sandpiper |
| giant kingfisher |
pied kingfisher |
woodchat shrike |
| glossy backed drongo |
purple glossy starling |
yellow billed egret |
| golden oriole |
purple heron |
yellow fronted canary |
| goliath heron |
pygmy long tailed sunbird |
yellow wagtail |
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TOTAL: 126 |
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