Keith Beswick: The Gambia Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 118 of 118 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus 02/03/1989 Banjul 2 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 02/03/1989 Banjul 3 Little Swift Apus affinis 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 4 Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 02/03/1989 Banjul 5 Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 6 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 7 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 02/03/1989 Banjul 8 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 9 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 02/03/1989 Banjul 10 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea 02/03/1989 Banjul 11 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 02/03/1989 Banjul 12 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 13 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 14 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 15 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 16 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 17 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 18 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 19 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 20 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/03/1989 BAnjul, The Gambia 21 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 22 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 23 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 24 White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 25 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 26 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 27 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 28 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 29 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 30 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 31 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 32 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 33 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 34 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 35 Ruff Calidris pugnax 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 36 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 37 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 38 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 39 Little Stint Calidris minuta 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 40 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 41 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 42 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 06/03/1989 Boat upriver from Banjul to Tendaba, The Gambia 43 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 44 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 03/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 45 West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis 03/03/1989 46 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 06/03/1989 Boat upriver from Banjul to Tendaba, The Gambia 47 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 48 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 49 African Darter Anhinga rufa 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 50 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 51 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 52 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 53 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 54 Striated Heron Butorides striata 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 55 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 56 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 57 Great Egret Ardea alba 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 58 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 59 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 60 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 61 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 06/03/1989 Boat upriver from Banjul to Tendaba, The Gambia 62 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/03/1989 Boat upriver from Banjul to Tendaba, The Gambia 63 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 64 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 65 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 66 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 67 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 68 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 69 African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer 06/03/1989 Boat upriver from Banjul to Tendaba, The Gambia 70 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 71 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 02/03/1989 Banjul 72 Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi 02/03/1989 Banjul 73 West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 74 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 75 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 76 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 06/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 77 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 78 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 79 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 80 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 81 Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 82 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 83 Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 84 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 85 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 06/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 86 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 87 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 88 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 89 White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 90 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 91 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 92 Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 93 Pied Crow Corvus albus 02/03/1989 Banjul 94 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 08/03/1989 Bund Road, Banjul, The Gambia 95 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 02/03/1989 Banjul AKA Garden Bulbul 96 Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 97 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 98 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 06/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 99 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 100 Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 101 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii 05/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 102 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus 02/03/1989 Banjul 103 African Thrush Turdus pelios 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 104 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 105 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus 02/03/1989 Banjul 106 Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 107 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 02/03/1989 Banjul 108 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/03/1989 Banjul 109 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 02/03/1989 Banjul, The Gambia 110 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata 03/03/1989 Abuko National Park, The Gambia 111 African Silverbill Euodice cantans 02/03/1989 Banjul 112 Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens 02/03/1989 Banjul 113 Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes 07/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia 114 Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis 04/03/1989 Banjul and Surrounding Area, The Gambia 115 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus 02/03/1989 Banjul 116 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 02/03/1989 Banjul 117 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 02/03/1989 Banjul 118 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/03/1989 Tendaba, The Gambia