Bird List

Little Grebe	6, Kotu Ponds, 18/1.
Long-tailed Cormorant	1, flying offshore Bijilo, 21/1.
African Darter	1, flying over Bijilo Forest, 21/1. C6 Abuko, 23/1.
Pink-backed Pelican	c20, Pirang, 20/1.
Black-crowned Night Heron	c20, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Squacco Heron	Singles widespread.
Cattle Egret	Common.
Striated Heron	1, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Black Egret	7, Casino 22/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1.
Western Reef Heron	2, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1, Pirang, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Little Egret	1, Casino, 19/1; 1, Pirang, 20/1.
Intermediate Egret	3, Kotu Creek/Casino, 18/1; 2+, Abuko, 19/1; 1, Pirang 20/1.
Great White Egret	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Grey Heron	Up to 2, Casino, Kotu, Bijilo, Pirang.
Black-headed Heron	40+, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Hamerkop	6, Abuko, 19/1; 1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, Casino, 22/1.
Hadada Ibis	3, Mandiba Ba, 20/1.
Sacred Ibis	3, Casino, 22/1.
African Spoonbill	2 over Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
White-faced Whistling Duck	c60, Kotu Ponds, 18/1.
Black-shouldered Kite	2, Abuko, 19/1; 1 en-route to Pirang, 20/1; 1, Kotu Creek, 22/1.
Black Kite	Widespread and common.
African Fish Eagle	1, offshore Bijilo Forest, 21/1.
Palm-nut Vulture	2+, Abuko; 1, Kotu Creek, 22/1.
Hooded Vulture	Common and widespread.
White-backed Vulture	1, near Pirang, 20/1.
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle	1 near Pirang. 20/1.
Brown Snake-eagle	3, Faraba Banta 20/1.
African Harrier-hawk	Singles at Senegambia Garden, Bijilo, Casino, Abuko.
Montagu's Harrier	1, Faraba Banta, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Eurasian Marsh Harrier	3, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 2, Pirang, 20/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1.
Dark Chanting Goshawk	2, Mandiba Ba, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Shikra	Singles, Senegambia Hotel, Mandiba Ba, Faraba Banta, Abuko.
Western Little Sparrowhawk	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Grasshopper Buzzard	1, Abuko, 19/1; 4, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Lizard Buzzard	1, on route to Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, Bijilo, 21/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1; 2, Abuko, 23/1.
Tawny Eagle	1, Abuko, 23/1.
Wahlberg's Eagle	1, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Booted Eagle	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Long-crested Eagle	1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1.
Osprey	c10, Tanji, 22/1; singles elsewhere on coast; 1, Pirang, 20/1.
Grey Kestrel	1, Casino, 18/1; 2, Abuko, 19/1; 2, Mandiba Ba, 20/1.
Red-necked Falcon	2, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1, Abuko, 19/1.
Lanner Falcon	1, near Airport, 17/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Stone Partridge	3, Abuko, 23/1.
Double-spurred Francolin	Up to 3, Abuko, Bijilo, Casino.
Black Crake	3, Abuko, 23/1.
African Jacana	1, Kotu Pools, 18/1; c20 Casino, 22/1; 2, Abuko 19 & 23/1.
Greater Painted Snipe	1, Casino, 22/1.
Eurasian Oystercatcher	1, Tanji, 22/1.
Black-winged Stilt	c30, Kotu Ponds, 18/1; 1, Pirang, 20/1.
Senegal Thick-knee	c6 Kotu Creek; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Little Ringed Plover	4, Kotu Ponds, 18/1; 1, Pirang, 20/1.
Ringed Plover	2, Pirang, 20/1; c6, Tanji, 22/1.
Grey Plover	Kotu Creek: 2, 18/1; 1, 22/1.
Wattled Plover	Common in damp areas.
Spur-winged Plover	Common in damp areas.
Sanderling	2, Tanji, 22/1.
Little Stint	2, Pirang, 20/1.
Curlew Sandpiper	2, Kotu Ponds, 18/1.
Ruff	1, Pirang, 20/1.
Black-tailed Godwit	c30, Kotu Ponds, 18/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1.
Bar-tailed Godwit	c10, Tanji Fish Quay, 22/1.
Whimbrel	c6, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1, Abuko, 19/1; 1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, Casino, 21/1: 4, Tanji, 22/1.
Common Redshank	1, Kotu Creek, 18 & 22/1;
Common Greenshank	6, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1 Pirang, 20/1.
Green Sandpiper	1, Kotu Creek, Abuko.
Wood Sandpiper	c12, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1, Abuko, 19/1; 1, Pirang, 20/1.
Common Sandpiper	c20, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1, Abuko, Casino beach, Pirang.
Ruddy Turnstone	1, Kotu, 18/1; 3, Tanji Fish Quay, 22/1.
Arctic Skua	1 offshore, Senegambia, 18/1.
Grey-headed Gull	Common on coast.
Black-headed Gull	1 offshore, Tanji 22/1.
Slender-billed Gull	Common on coast.
Audouin's Gull	1 offshore, Tanji, 22/1.
Kelp Gull	4+, Tanji Fish Quay, 22/1.
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Common, Kotu and Tanji.
Gull-billed Tern	2, Kotu, 18/1.
Caspian Tern	Up to 3 offshore between Senegambia Hotel & Kotu Creek; c20 Tanji, 22/1.
Royal Tern	4, Kotu, 18/1; 3, Tanji, 22/1.
Lesser Crested Tern	6, Tanji, 22/1.
Sandwich Tern	c10, Tanji, 22/1.
Little Tern	1, Kotu, 18/1.
African Green Pigeon	2, Mandiba Ba, 20/1.
Blue-spotted Wood Dove	Common Abuko, Bijilo; 1, Senegambia Hotel.
Black-billed Wood Dove	c10, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 2, Bijilo, 21/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1.
Namaqua Dove	5, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Speckled Pigeon	Common and widespread.
Red-eyed Dove	Abundant.
African Mourning Dove	Senegambia Garden, Abuko.
Vinaceous Dove	Common and widespread.
Laughing Dove	Common and widespread.
Senegal Parrot	c10, Kotu Ponds, 18/1; 2, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 2, Bijilo, 21/1,
Rose-ringed Parakeet	Widespread in small numbers.
Violet Turaco	1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1; 2, Abuko, 23/1.
Western Grey Plantain-eater	Widespread in small numbers.
Senegal Coucal	Widespread in small numbers.
Pearl-spotted Owlet	1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 2, Tanji, 22/1.
Long-tailed Nightjar	2, Casino, 21/1.
Standard-winged Nightjar	1, Casino, 21/1.
Mottled Spinetail	1, Abuko, 19/1.
African Palm Swift	Common.
Little Swift	2, Pirang, 20/1.
Blue-breasted Kingfisher	1, Kotu Creek, 18/1.
Striped Kingfisher	1, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
African Pygmy Kingfisher	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Giant Kingfisher	2, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Pied Kingfisher	4, Kotu; 2, Abuko; 1, Pirang.
Little Bee-eater	Common coastal sites; 6, Abuko, 23/1.
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	c6, Bijilo, 21/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1.
Red-throated Bee-eater	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	3, Kotu Creek; 3+, Abuko; c15, Faraba Banta, 1+ Bijilo.
Rufous-crowned Roller	1, Senegambia Dunes, 19/1; 1, on route to Mandiba Ba, 20/1.
Blue-bellied Roller	1, Casino, 18/1; 1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, en-route 20/1; 1, Abuko, 23/1
Abyssinian Roller	1, Kotu Creek, 18 & 22/1; 1, Faraba Banta Bush Track, 20/1.
Broad-billed Roller	2, Kotu Creek, 18/1; 1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1 Senegambia Hotel, 22/1.
Green Wood Hoopoe	c10 Kotu Creek, 18/1; c6 Abuko, 19/1.
Red-billed Hornbill	Common and widespread.
African Pied Hornbill	2, Abuko, 19/1,
African Grey Hornbill	3, Casino, 18/1; 1, Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 2, Bijilo, 21/1; c12 Tanji 22/1; 2, Abuko, 23/1.
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	1, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Bearded Barbet	2, Faraba Banta Bush Track, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Fine-spotted Woodpecker	1, Casino, 18/1; 1, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Buff-spotted Woodpecker	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Grey Woodpecker	Up to 2, Abuko, Bijilo, Faraba Banta, Casino, Senegambia Hotel.
Crested Lark	c6, Pirang, 20/1; 2, Tanji, 22/1.
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark	2, Pirang, 20/1.
Mosque Swallow	3, Pirang, 20/1; up to 2 over Senegambia Hotel.
Wire-tailed Swallow	Common Kotu, Pirang.
Red-chested Swallow	Common and widespread.
Yellow Wagtail	1, Kotu Ponds, 18/1; c6, Tanji, 22/1.
White Wagtail	2, Tanji Fish Quay, 22/1.
Plain-backed Pipit	2, Pirang, 20/1.
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike	2-3, Abuko, 19/1.
Little Greenbul	1, Abuko, 23/1.
Common Bulbul	Abundant.
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat	Up to 3, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
White-crowned Robin-chat	Several pairs, Senegambia Hotel.
Common Redstart	1, Tanji, 22/1.
African Thrush	Common Senegambia Hotel, Abuko.
Western Olivaceous Warbler	Up to 2, Senegambia Hotel; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Zitting Cisticola	1, Pirang, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Cisticola sp	1, Senegambia Rice Fields, 18/1.
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Widespread in coastal scrub.
Yellow-breasted Apalis	1, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Grey-backed Camaroptera	Common Abuko, Bijilo; 1, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Green-backed Eremomela	1, Faraba Banta, 20/1; 1, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Northern Crombec	1, Senegambia Hotel, 22 & 24/1.
Oriole Warbler	1, Bijilo, 21/1.
Willow Warbler	1, Kotu Ponds, 18/1; 2, Tanji, 22/1.
Blackcap	1, Senegambia Hotel, 20/1.
Common Whitethroat	1, Abuko, Bijilo, Tanji.
Subalpine Warbler	1, Tanji, 22/1.
Northern Black Flycatcher	1, Faraba Banta, 20/1; 2, Bijilo, 21/1; 1, Kairaba Hotel, 24/1.
Common Wattle-eye	2, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher	2, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Brown Babbler	Common.
Blackcap Babbler	Common Senegambia Hotel, Bijilo.
Green-headed Sunbird	3, Bijilo, 21/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Scarlet-chested Sunbird	1, Abuko, 19/1; c10 Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Variable Sunbird	c6 Tanji 22/1; 1, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Splendid Sunbird	2, Faraba Banta, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1; 2, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Beautiful Sunbird	Widespread and common.
African Golden Oriole	2, Mandiba Ba, 20/1.
Woodchat Shrike	1, Pirang, 20/1; 2, Faraba Banta, 20/1; 2, Abuko, 23/1; 1, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Yellow-billed Shrike	Common at coastal sites and Abuko.
Brubru	1, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Northern Puffback	1, Abuko, 23/1.
Yellow-crowned Gonolek	Widespread in small numbers.
White-crested Helmet Shrike	flock of 20+, Abuko, 19/1.
Fork-tailed Drongo	Up to 2, Kotu Ponds, Abuko, Tanji.
Piapiac	Common Senegambia area; 1, Abuko, 19/1.
Pied Crow	Common and widespread.
Purple Glossy Starling	2, Abuko, 19/1; c15 Kairaba Hotel, 22/1; Senegambia Hotel.
Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling	1, Tanji, 22/1.
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling	1, on route to Mandiba Ba, 20/1; 1, Tanji, 22/1.
Long-tailed Glossy Starling	Common.
Yellow-billed Oxpecker	4, near Pirang, 20/1; 6, Faraba Banta, 20/1; 1, Casino, 22/1.
House Sparrow	2, Senegambia Hotel, 24/1.
Grey-headed Sparrow	Common and widespread.
Bush Petronia	2, Bijilo, 21/1.
White-billed Buffalo-weaver	c6, Senegambia scrub, 19/1.
Little Weaver	1, Tanji, 22/1.
Black-necked Weaver	c20, Abuko, 19 & 23/1.
Heuglin's Masked Weaver	1, Bijilo, 21/1.
Village Weaver	Abundant.
Northern Red Bishop	c50, Pirang, 20/1.
Western Bluebill	Abuko: 1, 19/1; 2, 23/1.
Bar-breasted Firefinch	1, Abuko, 19/1.
Red-billed Firefinch	Common and widespread.
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu	Common Senegambia Hotel, Abuko; c6, Tanji.
Lavender Waxbill	Common Senegambia Hotel; 3, Tanji, 22/1; 2, Abuko, 23/1.
African Silverbill	c10, Casino, 18/1; c20, Abuko, 23/1.
Bronze Mannikin	Common.
Village Indigobird	c6 Abuko, 23/1.
Yellow-fronted Canary	c4, Faraba Banta, 20/1.
Total no of species: 196