The following birds were present February 10-13 2004. (*palearctic migrants)
Elanus caeruleus, Black-shouldered kite - flew overhead
Necrosyrtes monachus, Hooded vulture - flew overhead
Ptilopachus petrosus, Stone partridge - perched in a tree!
Streptopelia senegalensis, Laughing dove - abundant
Turtur afer, Blue-spotted wood dove - common
Centropus senegalensis, Senegal coucal - common
Tyto alba, Barn owl - heard at night
Apus affinis, Little swift - in the residential area
*Merops apiaster, European bee-eater - 4, in tall trees in an open area
Tockus fasciatus, African pied hornbill - flew overhead
Tockus nasutus, Grey hornbill - heard
Pogoniulus chrysoconus, Yellow-fronted tinkerbird - heard
Poginiulus bilineatus, Yellow-rumped tinkerbird - heard
Lybius vielloti, Veillot's barbet - in a tree in the burned area
Campethera abingoni, Golden-tailed woodpecker - in a tree next to the rocky part of the hill
Mesopicos goertae, Grey woodpecker - in the forested patch on the hill
Psalidroprocne obscura, Fanti saw-wing - large group around a tall tree in residential area
Hirundo daurica, Red-rumped swallow - abundant, vocal, perched on electric wires next to houses
Hirundo fuligula, African rock martin - flying around rocky area and perched in crevice of high rock
Hirundo lucida, Red-chested swallow - abundant, vocal, perched on electric wires next to houses and mixed with daurica
*Delichon urbica, Common house martin - group circling over a house
*Anthus trivialis, Tree pipit - 4 feeding on ground in burned area
Campephaga phoenicea, Red-shouldered cuckoo shrike - a pair in thick forest patch
Andropadus virens, Little greenbul - heard in forest patch on hill
Pycnonotus barbatus, Common bulbul - abundant
Turdus pelios, African thrush - in thicket
*Luscinia megarhyncos, Common nightingale - in tall grass and weeds with short trees, perched on low branches
Cossypha niviecapilla, Snowy-crowned robin chat - feeding on grassy road next to forest patch
Melocichla mentalis, African moustached warbler - in tall grass and weeds with short trees, perched on herbage
*Phylloscopus trochilus, Willow warbler - actively working its way through tree branches
Cisticola cantans, Singing cisticola - in tall grass and weeds with short trees, perched on herbage
Heliolais erythroptera, Red-winged warbler - in tall grass and weeds with short trees, also in short trees in the burned area
Camaroptera brachyura, Grey-backed camaroptera - in tall grass and weeds with short trees, and thickets
Melaenornis edoliodes, Northern black flycatcher - perched on low branches on road on top of hill next to forest patch
*Ficedula hypoleuca, Pied flycatcher - perched on a low branch in a clearing
Platysteria cyanea, Common wattle-eye - heard; saw in upper branches of forest patch
Eliminia longicauda, African blue flycatcher - working through medium and taller trees at edge of forest patch next to burned area
Turdoides plebejus, Brown babbler - in gardens in town and by hotel
Turdoides reinwardtii, Blackcap babbler - working steadily turning dead leaves in thickest part of forest
Nectarina venusta, Variable sunbird - very abundant and vocal everywhere
Zosterops senegalensis, Yellow white-eye - in trees next to cliff
Lanius collaris, Common fiscal - very abundant through town and in burned area
Dryoscopus gambensis, Northern puffback - one in tree next to cliff
Tchagra australis, Brown-crowned tchagra - in low shrubbery in thick forest patch at bottom of rocky hill
Tchagra senegala, Black-crowned tchagra - very tame, in shrubbery in vacant lot next to a residence
Lanarius turatii, Turati's boubou - in thick forest - duet singing, and individual working through high branches feeding. Note: I got a long closeup look at one individual with a white throat, and the pinkish tinge covered the entire belly, unlike the illustration in Birds of Western Africa
Malconotus sulfureopectus, Sulphur-breasted bush shrike - In a tall tree in the dense forest patch on the top of the hill.
Dicrurus ludwigii, Square tailed drongo - In larger trees in a forest patch at the bottom of a rocky hill (same place as T.australis)
Dicrurus adsimilis, Fork-tailed drongo - Several places with trees and some open area
Corvus alba, Pied crow - flew overhead
Onychognathus morio (neumanni), Red-winged (Neumann's) starling - perched on termite mound in burned area, perched on houses
Lamportornis purpeus, Purple glossy starling - in tall tree in burned area
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, Violet-backed starling - heard
Passer griseus, Grey-headed sparrow - near houses
Ploceus nigricollis, Black-necked weaver - in fruiting tree on the edge or rocky cliff
Ploceus cucullatus, Village weaver - tree in residential area
Ploceus heuglini, Heuglin's masked weaver - in forest patch on hill and in trees near hotel. Note: Unlike the illustrations in Birds of the Gambia and Birds of Western Africa, the forehead of the bird was orange.
Euschistospiza dybowskii, Dybowski's twinspot - on the ground and in shrubs at the very top of the hill, next to the forest in an area that had been cleared
Lagonosticta senegala, Red-billed firefinch - proximity to houses
Estrilda caerulescens, Lavender waxbill - in trees on the edge of rocky cliff
Uraginthus bengalus, Red-cheeked cordon-bleu - in the scrub near the burned area and the unburned shrubbery
Lonchura cucullata, Bronze mannikin - large groups in the scrub near the burned area and the unburned shrubbery
Serinus mozambicus, Yellow-fronted canary - large groups in the scrub near the burned area and the unburned shrubbery
Emberiza tahapisi, Cinnamon-breasted bunting - abundant on the rocky part of the hill
Emberiza cabanisi, Cabanis's bunting - singing in a low shrub on the rocky part of the hill