Just a fast trip to spend the end of the year out of home looking for some birds I have missed in some other trips in Africa. I made contact before departure with Ebou Barry (email:eboubarry@yahoo.co.uk website:http://www.birdtoursgambia.com/), who has answered me very fast and promised me to do the best to find for me the majority of my short list I had sent to him. Ebou knows very well the country, the place to find every bird and its songs, and he always tried to do the best to find some difficult species. The itinerary was:
29 Dec: Farasuto Forest and Pirang Forest.
30 Dec: Marakissa, Abuko Forest and Kotu.
31 Dec: Tujering Woods, Brufut and Tanji.
01 Jan: From Tanji to Georgetown passing by Tendaba.
02 Jan: Kunkilling Forest and Bansang Quarry.
03 Jan: From Georgetown to Fathala Camp in Senegal.
04 Jan: From Fathala Camp to Dakhar, passing by Toubakouta.
Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Great Egret Ardea alba
Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
Black Kite Milvus migrans
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
Shikra Accipiter badius
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
African Rail Rallus caerulescens
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans
Grey-hooded Gull Larus cirrocephalus
Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Royal Tern Sterna maxima
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Standard-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Common Swift Apus apus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Purple Roller Coracias naevius
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bullocki
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Brown-backed Woodpecker Picoides obsoletus
Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
Brubru Nilaus afer
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow Corvus albus
White-shouldered Black Tit Parus guineensis
Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
Yellow-throated Leaflove Chlorocichla flavicollis
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
White-fronted Black Chat Myrmecocichla albifrons
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Bush Petronia Gymnoris dentata
White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus parasitus
Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros (Tockus) semifasciatus