Birds of the Gambia

• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
• Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
• Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
• Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
• Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
• Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
• Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
• African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
• Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
• African ThrushTurdus pelios
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• PiapiacPtilostomus afer
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
• Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
• Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
• Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
• Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
• African JacanaActophilornis africanus
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
• Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
• Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
• Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
• Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
• African DarterAnhinga rufa
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
• Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
• Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
• Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
• White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
• Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
• Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
• Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
• Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
• West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
• African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
• Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
• Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
• Purple RollerCoracias naevius
• West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
• Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
• Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
• Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
• Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
• Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
• Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
• Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
• Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
• Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
• Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
• Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
• Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
• Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
• Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
• Little GreenbulEurillas virens
• Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
• Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
• African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
• Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
• Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
• Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
• White-backed VultureGyps africanus
• Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
• Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
• Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
• Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
• Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
• African Green PigeonTreron calvus
• Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
• Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
• Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
• Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
• African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
• Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
• Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
• Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
• Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
• Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
• White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
• Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
• Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
• Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Crested LarkGalerida cristata
• Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
• Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
• Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
• Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
• White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
• BrubruNilaus afer
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
• Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
• African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
• Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
• Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
• Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
• White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
• Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
• African SilverbillEuodice cantans
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
• Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
• Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus
• Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
• Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustus
• Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
• African FinfootPodica senegalensis
• Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
• Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
• Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollis
• Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
• Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
• White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
• Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• Common SwiftApus apus
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
• White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
• Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
• Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
• Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
• Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
• Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• African HobbyFalco cuvierii
• African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
• Green HyliaHylia prasina
• Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
• Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
• Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
• Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
• Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
• Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• Green CrombecSylvietta virens
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
• African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
• Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
• African CuckooCuculus gularis
• Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
• Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
• Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
• White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
• Black CoucalCentropus grillii
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
• Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
• Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
• Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
• Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
• Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• Northern GannetMorus bassanus
• Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
• White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
• Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
• Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
• Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• Royal TernThalasseus maximus
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
• Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
• Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
• Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
• Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
• Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
• Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
• Green-winged TealAnas crecca
• Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
• Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
• Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
• Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
• Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
• White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
• Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
• African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
• Eurasian CootFulica atra
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
• Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
• Great SnipeGallinago media
• Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
• Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
• Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
• Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius