Robert Waldron: The Gambia Year List 2012 ABC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 285 of 285 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 0 0 2 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis 0 0 3 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 4 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 0 0 5 Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 0 0 6 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 0 0 7 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 0 0 8 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 0 0 9 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 0 0 10 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 0 0 11 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 0 0 12 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 0 0 13 White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha 0 0 14 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 0 0 15 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 0 0 16 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 0 0 17 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 0 0 18 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 0 0 19 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 0 0 20 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor 0 0 21 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 0 0 22 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 0 0 23 Common Teal Anas crecca 0 0 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 0 0 25 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 0 0 26 Garganey Anas querquedula 0 0 27 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 0 0 28 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 0 0 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 0 0 31 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides 0 0 32 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 0 0 33 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus 0 0 34 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii 0 0 35 Red Kite Milvus milvus 0 0 36 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 0 0 37 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 0 0 38 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii 0 0 39 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus 0 0 40 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 0 0 41 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 0 0 42 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 0 0 43 Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii 0 0 44 Shikra Accipiter badius 0 0 45 Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus 0 0 46 Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis 0 0 47 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 0 0 48 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 0 0 49 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 0 0 50 Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis 0 0 51 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 0 0 52 Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius 0 0 53 Fox Kestrel Falco alopex 0 0 54 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 0 0 55 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 0 0 56 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides 0 0 57 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 0 0 58 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 59 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 0 0 60 White-throated Francolin Francolinus albogularis 0 0 61 Ahanta Francolin Francolinus ahantensis 0 0 62 Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii 0 0 63 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus 0 0 64 White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra 0 0 65 African Crake Crex egregia 0 0 66 African Rail Rallus caerulescens 0 0 67 Little Crake Porzana parva 0 0 68 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 0 0 69 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 70 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 0 0 71 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 0 0 72 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 0 0 73 Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina 0 0 74 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 0 0 75 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami 0 0 76 Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs 0 0 77 Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei 0 0 78 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis 0 0 79 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 0 0 80 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 0 0 81 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor 0 0 82 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 0 0 83 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 0 0 84 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 0 0 85 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 0 0 86 Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi 0 0 87 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 0 0 88 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 0 0 89 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Yes 0 0 90 Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 0 0 91 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 0 0 92 Red Knot Calidris canutus 0 0 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 0 0 94 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 0 0 95 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 0 0 96 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 0 0 97 Great Snipe Gallinago media 0 0 98 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 0 0 100 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 0 0 101 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 102 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 0 0 103 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 0 0 104 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 0 0 105 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 0 0 106 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 0 0 107 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Yes 0 0 108 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 0 0 109 Little Gull Larus minutus 0 0 110 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii 0 0 111 Mew Gull Larus canus 0 0 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 113 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 0 0 114 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 0 0 116 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus 0 0 117 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata 0 0 118 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 0 0 119 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 0 0 120 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 121 Black Noddy Anous minutus 0 0 122 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 0 0 123 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 0 0 124 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus 0 0 125 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 0 0 126 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 127 Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha 0 0 128 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 0 0 129 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 0 0 130 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 0 0 131 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 0 0 132 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 0 0 133 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 0 0 134 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus 0 0 135 Barn Owl Tyto alba 0 0 136 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 0 0 137 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis 0 0 138 Greyish Eagle Owl Bubo cinerascens 0 0 139 Pel's Fishing-owl Scotopelia peli 0 0 140 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii 0 0 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 0 0 142 Marsh Owl Asio capensis 0 0 143 Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis 0 0 144 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 145 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius 0 0 146 Common Swift Apus apus 0 0 147 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis 0 0 148 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 0 0 149 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 0 0 150 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys 0 0 151 European Roller Coracias garrulus 0 0 152 Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis 0 0 153 Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus 0 0 154 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 155 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus 0 0 156 Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus 0 0 157 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus 0 0 158 Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus 0 0 159 Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus 0 0 160 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 161 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni 0 0 162 Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa 0 0 163 Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus 0 0 164 Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans 0 0 165 Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia 0 0 166 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 167 Sun Lark Galerida modesta 0 0 168 Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix nigriceps 0 0 169 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha 0 0 170 Plain Martin Riparia paludicola 0 0 171 Common Sand Martin Riparia riparia 0 0 172 Banded Martin Riparia cincta 0 0 173 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga 0 0 174 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica 0 0 175 Forest Swallow Petrochelidon fuliginosa 0 0 176 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula 0 0 177 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 0 0 178 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 0 0 179 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp 0 0 180 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 0 0 181 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys 0 0 182 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 0 0 183 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus 0 0 184 Red-shouldered Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga phoenicea 0 0 185 White-breasted Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina pectoralis 0 0 186 Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura 0 0 187 Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens 0 0 188 Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus 0 0 189 Western Nicator Nicator chloris 0 0 190 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 0 0 191 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 0 0 192 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 0 0 193 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 0 0 194 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 0 0 195 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti 0 0 196 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 0 0 197 Blackstart Cercomela melanura 0 0 198 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 0 0 199 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 0 0 200 Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis 0 0 201 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 0 0 202 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 0 0 203 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 0 0 204 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 0 0 205 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 0 0 206 Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens 0 0 207 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 208 Green Crombec Sylvietta virens 0 0 209 Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti 0 0 210 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 0 0 211 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 0 0 212 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Yes 0 0 213 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 0 0 214 Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 0 0 215 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 0 0 216 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 0 0 217 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 0 0 218 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 0 0 219 Rüppell’s Warbler Sylvia ruppeli 0 0 220 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata 0 0 221 Green Hylia Hylia prasina 0 0 222 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 0 0 223 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis 0 0 224 Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea 0 0 225 Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius 0 0 226 River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis 0 0 227 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura 0 0 228 Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota 0 0 229 White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens 0 0 230 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides 0 0 231 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 0 0 232 Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus 0 0 233 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 0 0 234 African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda 0 0 235 Shrike-Flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus 0 0 236 Black-and-white Flycatcher Bias musicus 0 0 237 Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli 0 0 238 Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis 0 0 239 White-winged Black Tit Parus leucomelas 0 0 240 Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus 0 0 241 Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus 0 0 242 Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis 0 0 243 Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius 0 0 244 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 0 0 245 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 0 0 246 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 247 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malacanotus blanchoti 0 0 248 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 0 0 249 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 250 Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii 0 0 251 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis 0 0 252 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus 0 0 253 Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus 0 0 254 Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher 0 0 255 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 0 0 256 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 0 0 257 Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis 0 0 258 Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens 0 0 259 Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis 0 0 260 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps 0 0 261 Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops 0 0 262 Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini 0 0 263 Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus 0 0 264 Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops 0 0 265 Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura 0 0 266 Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens 0 0 267 Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor 0 0 268 Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata 0 0 269 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 0 0 270 Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus 0 0 271 Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera 0 0 272 Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta 0 0 273 Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata 0 0 274 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 0 0 275 Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis 0 0 276 Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava 0 0 277 Magpie Mannikin Lonchura fringilloides 0 0 278 African Silverbill Lonchura cantans 0 0 279 Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis 0 0 280 Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis 0 0 281 Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni 0 0 282 Quailfinch Indigobird Vidua nigeriae 0 0 283 Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola 0 0 284 House Bunting Emberiza striolata 0 0 285 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0