Birds of the Gambia
The Gambia hosts 378 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- 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
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- 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
- 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
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- 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
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- 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
- Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
- Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- 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
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- 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