By: Abdulrahman Al-Sirhan

Introduction:

Birdwatching in The Gambia offer one of the most rewarding experiences in West Africa. Despite its small size, 11,300 km², The Gambia boasts over 580 recorded bird species, according to African Bird Club. Its varied habitats—mangroves, riverine forests, wetlands, savannas, and coastal beaches—support both resident and migratory birds.

Birding here is easy and accessible. The River Gambia cuts across the country, offering fantastic sightings right from boat cruises. From kingfishers to bee-eaters and fish eagles, the riverbanks are alive with color and sound. Wetlands attract waders and herons, while forests shelter hornbills, turacos, and woodpeckers.

Famous birding sites include Abuko Nature Reserve, Tanji Bird Reserve, Kotu Creek, and the Kiang West National Park. Even hotel gardens and roadside trees can reveal surprises like sunbirds or the striking Violet Turaco.

European birders often flock here in winter, as The Gambia lies along the East Atlantic Flyway. Migrants like ospreys, warblers, and wheatears join the local species, making the bird diversity remarkable.

The people of The Gambia are warm and bird-friendly. Local bird guides are knowledgeable and skilled, helping visitors spot elusive species. Birding tourism supports livelihoods and promotes conservation awareness.

From the smallest crombecs to mighty African fish eagles, birdwatching in The Gambia is a delight. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned birder, it’s a top destination worth visiting.
My guide was Insumana Drammeh; is nice man known as the “best boy”. He is kind, helpful and knowledgeable professional bird guide. He is also conversant with the Gambia Wildlife. I highly recommend him as a bird tour guide. His WhatsApp number (+220 680 9110).

Day 1: 07/02/2025

This was my first visit to a West African country, and almost 40% of the birds I saw were new to me—a truly thrilling experience for any birder. After breakfast at the hotel, I took a short stroll around the grounds. There were a couple of Speckled Pigeons perched on a nearby building, along with Laughing Doves, Pied Crows, and a number of Beautiful Sunbirds. I also spotted a couple of Senegal Parrots—a real treat to kick off the day.

I met my guide, Ansumana. and driver Cham, and we quickly set off along the Senegambia Highway. While driving, I had my first encounter with Hooded Vultures soaring over the buildings and roads—these impressive scavengers seemed to be quite common in the area, giving me a first taste of The Gambia’s unique birding landscape.

We reached Abuko Nature Reserve at 8:35 AM, parked the car, and spent the next four hours birding. The highlights were numerous and memorable: Black-billed and Blue-spotted Wood-Doves, Red-eyed and Mourning Collared Doves, Speckled Pigeon, Violet Turaco, Black Crake, African Darter, African Jacana, Palm-nut Vulture, Woodland Kingfisher, Broad-billed Roller, Grey Kestrel, Fanti Sawwing, Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Olive-naped Weaver, Red-billed Firefinch, and more Beautiful Sunbirds—an incredible haul for just one morning!

After our time at Abuko, we headed to Lamin Lodge and Restaurant for lunch at 3:00 PM. This rustic riverside spot offered a wonderful break with its wooden structure nestled among the mangroves—a perfect place to refuel and soak in the surroundings.

Post-lunch, we continued birding along the banks of the river and in the surrounding bushes. The highlights here included Grey-hooded Gull, Western Red-billed Hornbill, Abyssinian and Broad-billed Rollers, Northern Puffback, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Fork-tailed Drongo, Northern Crombec, Senegal Eremomela, Pygmy Sunbird, Splendid Sunbird, Little Weaver, Village Weaver, Red-billed Quelea, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Red-billed Firefinch, and Northern Grey-headed Sparrow.
It was an incredible first day—an immersion into the vibrant birdlife of The Gambia that set the tone for the rest of the trip.

Day 2: 08/02/2025

I had breakfast at 7 a.m. at the hotel, where I met my guide Ansumman and our driver. Soon after, we left the hotel. After a 45-minute drive, we arrived in Mandinaba. My first encounter was with the Yellow-billed Shrike, and within 15 minutes, I spotted my first Stone Partridge. We also saw five Double-spurred Spurfowl fleeing in front of us. An exciting sighting was the Yellow-crowned Gonolek. Other notable birds included Guinea Turaco, Wattled Lapwing, African Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Egret, Lizard Buzzard, African Grey Woodpecker, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Senegal Batis, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Piapiac, Green-backed Camaroptera, Red-winged Prinia, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Pied-winged Swallow, Northern Yellow White-eye, Brown Babbler, Blackcap Babbler, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Purple Starling, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Lavender Waxbill, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, and Plain-backed Pipit.

Our next destination was the Farasuto Forest Community Nature Reserve. At the enterance there was a drinking pool, thus I had my first Little Greenbul, and Black-rumped Waxbill, and then a large bird joined in, it was the African Thrush. We then moved north on a sandbar surrounded with water, there I saw my first Senegal Thick-knee, Striated Heron, Pied Kingfisher, Palmnut Vulture, Pin-tailed Whydah, Cardinal Woodpecker, then encoutered a Mouse-brown Sunbird in a hanging nest from a tree. then we walked for twenty minutes and stopped to see a mignificant bird with a long tail laying on the ground like a samll crocodile, it was Long-tailed Nightjar another one was behind. Because of its long tail it was difficult to have the whole bird in focus, unless I move to move to have it in profile, but then I flushed another one that was closer without noticing it. We then moved in the open, to find a Striped Kingfisher perched on a branch, the guide and I took photographs. On the sky above us there were Pied-winged Swallow and African Palm Swifts, and Western House Martins circlimg overhead. We then passed by African Grey and Western Red-billed Hornbill, when Ansummah started moving around trees and looking up, then shouted Greyish Eagle Owl. We walked to another drinking pool to find African Pygmy Kingfisher, African Scops Owl, Northern White-faced Owl, Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher.

Day 3: 09/02/2025

After breakfast we drove off along the South Bank Road, our first stop, Sutu Sinjang Rice fields, was amazing as we connected with a White-billed Buffalo-Weaver, there were a flock of 7. We also had a Yellow-billed Egret, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Hamerkop, and African Harrier-Hawk.

We then drove north and crossed the river into the North Bank Road. Arriving at Soma Saltmarsh, we had encountered 8 Senegal Thick-knee, 3 Reed Cormorants, 9 African Spoonbills, Black-headed Heron, Great White Pelican, 24 Pink-backed Pelican, 2 Pied Kingfisher, and White Wagtail, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Abyssinian Roller, Yellow-billed Kite, and Purple Roller.

We continued driving along the river east and stopped at Njauri Reservoir. Here we had 2 Black Crakes, African Jacana, Red-throated Bee-eater, three Wire-tailed Swallow, 2 African Wattled Lapwing, Red-rumped Swallow, 10 Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Purple Starling, Little and Village Weaver, Red-billed Quelea, Northern Red Bishop, Black-rumped Waxbill.

we then drove east for 1 hour and stopped along the road to find a beautiful Vieillot’s Barbet, and Beautiful and Splendid Sunbird, Little Weaver and White-Rumped Seedeater.

Nyangabantang Wetland

We then reached Nyangabantang Wetland, we had our first encounter with 240 White-faced Whistling-Duck, Blue-bellied Roller, 7 Piapiac and a last a rare bird that is Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark.

Wassu Quarry

Here, I had 30 Red-throated Bee-eater, 2 African Green Bee-eater, 12 Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Cut-throat Finch, Exclamatory Paradise-Wydah, Northen Grey-headed Sparrow, White-backed Vulture, Senegal Coucal, 6 Stone Patridge.

Wassu

Our final spot was Wassu village fields, where I observed the Black-headed Lapwing for the first time. Additionally, there were 4 Black Crakes, 4 Wattled Lapwings, 5 Red-eyed doves, and Lesser and Greater Blue-eared and Purple Starlings. The ferry to cross the river broke down, so we waited before proceeding along the road and then boarded a boat to Janjanbureh to reach our hotel along the river bank.

Day 4: 10/02/2025

Finfoot and  Crimson Seedcracker
Early in the morning we started a boat tip that lasted  4 hours. A short walk around the homestay I encountered my first Klass’s Cuckoo, Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul. During the bout trip, we spotted Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Bearded Barbet, African Fish Eagle, Vitelline Masked-Weaver, Broad-billed Roller, Oriole Warbler, Swamp Flycatcher, African finfoot, Cut-throat Finch, Hadada Ibis, Grey Kestrel, and Crimson Seedcracker.

After returning to the hotel around noon, we went birding on foot east of the hotel, we had Malachite Kingfisher, Black-headed Heron, Abyssinian Roller, Red-billed Quelea, Marabou Stork flying overhead, Pearl Spotted Owlet, African Green, Grey-headed and Red-throated Bee-eater, Green-backed Camaroptera, Pin-tailed Whydah.

After lunch we went west of our hotel, here Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Bruce’s Green-Pigeon, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Lizard Buzzard, Geen Woodhoopoe, Western Olivaceous Warbler, White-billed Buffalo-Weaver and Stone Partridge.

Day 5: 11/02/2025

We left the homestay after breakfast, at bridge crossing, Ansumana pointed to a White-crowned Robin-chat perched on a tree, Violet Turaco, Abyssinian Roller, Speckled Pigeon, Brown Babbler and Lavender Waxbill. Then we passed by Grey Kestrel perched on overhead power lines. Along the way, we stopped many times to spot Western Red-billed Hornbill, Cut-throat Finch, Woodchat Shike, Northen Wheatear, Black-billed Wood-Dove, Bearded Barbet, Fork-tailed Drongo, Pygmy Sunbird, Long-crested Eagle, Village Indigobird, Grasshopper Buzzard, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Great Egret, Palm-nut Vulture, Namaqua Dove, Broad-billed Roller, Brown Snake-Eagle.

We stopped at 2 pm for lunch and then proceeded to Bambo River Gambia Bar & Restaurant, where we will be staying overnight. At the camp, I observed a Grey-headed Bushshrike pair. After checking in, I continued birding around the camp and recorded sightings of Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, and Yellow-fronted Canary.

We visited a drinking pool located approximately 500 meters from our camp. At this location, we observed the presence of six species of doves: Red-eyed Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Mourning Collared Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove, and Namaqua Dove. Additionally, we noted other bird species, including the Speckled Pigeon, Brubru, Long-tailed Starling, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Purple Starling, African Thrush, Splendid Sunbird, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver, Little Weaver, Village Weaver, Northern Bishop, Black-winged Bishop, Lavender Waxbill, Black-rumped Waxbill, Red-billed Quelea, Sahel Bush Sparrow, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, Yellow-fronted Canary, Green-backed Camaroptera, Ring-necked Parakeet, and Red-cheeked Cordonbleu.

Day 6: 12/02/2025

After breakfast I went to the riverbank birding before the boat arrives, as we are having a short boat trip this morning. At the wooden dock, there were a couple of Wire-tailed Swallow, a couple Speckled Pigeon, a flock of 100 Little Swift circling nearby, and a Pied Kingfisher fishing from a wooden post. We then got on the boat and started moving into a narrow creek amongst the mangroves, we first encountered 20 Helmeted Guineafowl, Western Reef Heron, a couple of Gull-billed Terns flew over, then there were 69 Great Cormorants (White-breasted ssp. lucidus), 4 Reed Cormorant, 23 Caspian Terns, Eurasian Whimbrel were  common along the banks, we counted at least 15, then we saw 8 Grey Heron, 32 Pink-backed Pelicans, 8 Spur-winged Goose, 4 Senegal Thick-Knee, African Wooly-necked Stork, 7 African Darter, Black-crowned Night Heron, 2 Striated Heron, Squacco Heron, Western Cattle Egret, Hamerkop, African Harrier-Hawk, Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle, 3 African Grey Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, 4 Pied Kingfisher, Abyssinian Roller, African Red-rumped Swallow, Common Bulbul, Mouse-brown Sunbird, Pygmy Sunbird, and Beautiful Sunbird.

After the boat trip, we walked south of our homestay, nothing special here, we saw a number of bird we had already seen before, this time we Lanner Falcon, Black Kite (Yellow-billed Kite).

Continuing south, we stopped at a place for the Temminck’s Courser, we saw eight Temminck’s Courser, Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, 4 Grasshopper Buzzard, 4 Black-headed Lapwing, 2 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, and Northen Wheatear.

At our final stop at Dumbutu, Wahlberg’s Eagle flying high overhead, Greater Honeyguide, Fork-tailed Drongo, 10 Yellow-billed Oxpecker, 10 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver and a Western Grey Hornbill.

At 9 pm, we went searching for the African Scops Owl. We heard its call several times before it flew overhead to another tree. We observed it briefly before returning to the hotel.

Day 7: 13/02/2025

We check out of the hotel and drove to the east, on our first stop, we had Mouse-brown Sunbird, and African Golden Oriole, Yellow Penduline Tit and Brown-rumped Bunting, Black Scimitarbill, Brubru, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Northern Yellow White-eye, Greater Honeyguide, Vieillot’s Barbet, Grasshopper Buzzard, 2 Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle, African Sacred Ibis, Pink-backed Pelican, African Green-Pigeon, 6 African Harrier-Hawk, Palm-nut Vulture, Long-crested Eagle, Grasshopper Buzzard, Shikra.

At another site, just after Sibanor village, we stopped at an artificial pool, to find Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Bronze Mannikin, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Black-rumped Waxbill, Little Weaver, Village Weaver, Little Bee-eater, 2 Black-billed Wood-Dove, African Grey Woodpecker, Western Reef Heron, Great Egret.

By 6 pm we reached out homestay, Bintang Bolong Lodge.

Day 8: 14/02/2025

We left the hotel to a site not far from it. We had Purple Roller, White-crested Helemetshrike, Northern Puffback, Yellow-crowned Gonolek, Yellow Penduline Tit, Zitting cisticola, Common Rock Thrush, Whinchat, Northern Anteater-Chat, White-fronted Black-Chat, Variable Sunbird.

We drove for two hours then stopped at Pirang Fish Ponds. we encountered 67 Pied Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 10 Common Ringed Plover, White-fronted Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Common Redshank, 22 Curlew Sandpiper, 11 Little Stints, 2 Little Terns, Sandwich Tern, Gull-billed Tern, 11 Greater Flamingo, 5 Yellow-billed Stork, 2 Long-tailed Cormorant, 12 African spoonbill, 5 Little Egret, 3 Western Reef Heron, 2 Grey Heron, 10 Pink-backed Pelican, Osprey, Montagu’s Harrier, 3 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Northen Carmine Bee-eater, 3 Pied Kingfisher, Crested Lark, Whistling Cisticola, Western Yellow Wagtail, Black-bellied Wood-Dove, 3 Little Bee-eater, 3 European Bee-eater, 18 Bronze Mannikin, 8 Orange-cheeked Waxbill, 15 Black-rumped Waxbill, 2 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, 2 Yellow-fronted Canary.

I stayed at Sunbird Lodge, 12 minutes walk from Lemon Creek Hotel Resort.

Day 9: 15/02/2025

This morning, we left the hotel and drove south and stopped just before a Kartong village, at a water pool. Here we found a flock 65 White-faced Whistling Duck, Black Heron, 3 Yellow-crowned Gonolek, 21 Red-billed Firefinch.
We then went further south of Kartong, to a swamp, here we had 30 Spur-winged Goose, 6 Western Plantain-eater, 23 African Swamphen, 2 Black Crakes, 69 Spur-winged Lapwing, Greater Painted Snipe, African Jacana, Green and Wood Sandpiper, Common Redshank, African Sacred Ibis, Little Egret, Great Egret, Western Marsh Harrier, 8 Osprey, Broad-billed Roller, Western Yellow Wagtail, 4 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Beautiful Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle, Yellow-billed Kite, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Plover.

We then reached the border lake between Gambia and Senegal and took a boat trip. Our first encounter was with two Goliath Heron, 45 Grey-hooded Gull, 3 West African Tern, 4 Great White Pelican, 13 Pink-backed Pelican, and a number of waders, and terns.

In our way back to the hotel, we stopped at a place where we had 15 Chestnut-bellied Starling, 2 Black-headed Lapwing, 2 Crested Larks, 5 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, 7 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver and Western Yellow Wagtail.

Day 10: 16/02/2025

We started at Brufut Woods, here at the entrance we had 5 Pied-winged Swallow perched on Electrical power wires, then on a tree nearby, 8 Fanti Sawwing, 16 Hooded Vultures, Shikra, 2 Lesser Honeyguides, 1 Senegal Parrot, African Paradise Flycatcher, 2 Pied Crow, Yellow-crowned Gonolek, Tawny-flanked Prinia, 6 Brown Babbler, Olive-naped Weaver, 24 Bronze Mannikin, Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, 2 Common Bulbul, 5 Red-eyed Dove, 7 Laughing Dove, Western Plantain-eater, 4 African Palm Swift, Western Cattle-Egret, African Grey Hornbill, 2 Western Red-billed Horbill.

At Tanji Beach, we had 35 Hooded Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Great Cormorant, 15 Pink-backed Pelican, Pied Kingfisher.

At Tanji Bird Reserve, we had 750 Grey Hooded Gull, 7 Caspian Terns, 10 West African Crested Tern, Melodious Warbler, 2 African Thrush, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, 2 Beautiful Sunbird.

At Kotu Nature Trail, our last site of the tour, 6 Greater Painted Snipe, Black-headed Heron, Pearl-spotted Owlet, African Grey Woodpecker, Fork-tailed Drongo, 2 Yellow-billed Shrike, 2 Brown Babbler.

Species List: (249 species)

White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicaaratus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Bruce’s Green Pigeon Treron waalia
African Green Pigeon Treron calvus NE
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio Porphyrio  
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus NE
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus NT
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus NE
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata NT
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica NT
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NT
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea VU
Sanderling Calidris alba
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis NE
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
African Darter Anhinga rufa
Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis NE
Little Egret Egretta garzetta NE
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron Butorides striata NE
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Great Egret Ardea alba
Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis NE
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis NE
Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus CR
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus CR
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini VU
Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifao monogrammicus
Shikra Tachyspiza badia
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Black Kite Milvus migrans NE
African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus VU
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus
African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi NE
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
Purple Roller Coracias naevius
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus NE
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Hayon malimbica
Woodland Kingfisher Hayon senegalensis
Striped Kingfisher Hayon chelicuti
Grey-headed Kingfisher Hayon leucocephala
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
Vieillot’s Barbet Lybius vieilloti
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Grey Kestrel Fao ardosiaceus
Lanner Faon Fao biarmicus
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Brubru Nilaus afer
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator NT
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura NE
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus NE
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis NE
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chaurus
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis puher
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca NE
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chaomitra senegalensis
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris puhellus
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
Olive-naped Weaver Ploceus brachypterus
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis