Josie Hewitt: The Gambia Life List ABC, All records Record(s) 1 to 219 of 219 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 2 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 3 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 4 African Darter Anhinga rufa 5 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 6 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 7 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 8 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 9 Striated Heron Butorides striata 10 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 11 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 12 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 13 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 14 Great Egret Egretta alba 15 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 16 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 17 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 18 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 19 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 20 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 21 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 22 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 23 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 24 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 25 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 26 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 27 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 29 Black Kite Milvus migrans 30 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 31 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 32 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 33 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 34 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 35 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens 36 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 37 African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus 38 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 39 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 40 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 41 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 42 Shikra Accipiter badius 43 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis 44 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 45 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 46 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 47 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 48 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 49 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 50 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus Heard only 51 Double-spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus 52 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 53 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 54 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 55 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis x2 Baobolong boat trip 56 Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei 57 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 59 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 60 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 61 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius 62 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 63 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 64 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 65 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 66 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 67 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 68 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 70 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 73 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 74 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 81 Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 82 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 83 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 84 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 85 Royal Tern Sterna maxima 86 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus 89 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus 90 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia 91 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 92 Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus 93 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 94 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 95 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 96 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens 97 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea 98 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 99 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 100 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 101 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus 102 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 103 Green Turaco Tauraco persa 104 Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea 105 Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 106 Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 107 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 108 Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis 109 Greyish Eagle Owl Bubo cinerascens 110 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus 111 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 112 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii 113 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus 114 Standard-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis 115 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri 116 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 117 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 118 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 119 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 120 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 121 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyx pictus 122 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 123 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys 124 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 125 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 126 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 127 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 128 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki 129 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis 130 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 131 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 132 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 133 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius 134 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster 135 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 136 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 137 Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 138 Hoopoe Upupa epops 139 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 140 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 141 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus 142 Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti 143 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius 144 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 145 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 146 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 147 Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucotis 148 Common Sand Martin Riparia riparia 149 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 150 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 151 Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma 152 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida 153 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 154 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 155 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 156 Yellow-throated Leaf-love Chlorocichla flavicollis 157 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 158 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Heard only Tanji forest, nr bridge 159 White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla 160 Northern Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops 161 African Thrush Turdus pelios 162 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 163 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida 164 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 165 Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla 166 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura 167 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 168 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 169 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Tanji forest, nr bridge 170 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 171 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 172 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps 173 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides 174 Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica 175 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 176 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer 177 Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus 178 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii 179 Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus 180 Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei 181 Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus 182 Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis 183 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 184 Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura 185 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus 186 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus 21/12/2018 Sanyang 187 African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis 188 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 189 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina 190 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malacanotus blanchoti 191 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 192 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 193 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus 194 White Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus 195 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 196 Pied Crow Corvus albus 197 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer 198 Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus 199 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus 200 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus 201 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 203 Bush Petronia Petronia dentata 204 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis albirostris 205 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus 206 Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis 207 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 208 Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens 209 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda 210 Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes 211 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus 212 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 213 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 214 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata 215 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 216 Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta 217 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata 218 Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus 219 Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis