Bird Song of The Gambia & Senegal
C Barlow, J Hammick & P Sellar
Vocalisations of 265 species and subspecies. Indexed but not announced. There are 4 separate recordings of Cameron Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) mimicing 4 different hosts.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| Ahanta Francolin | Francolinus ahantensis |
| Double-spurred Francolin | Francolinus bicalcaratus |
| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Black Crowned Crane | Balearica pavonina |
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra |
| African Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra |
| Savile's Bustard | Lophotis savilei |
| Greater African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis |
| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| Violet-tipped Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus |
| Senegal Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur |
| Pink-bellied Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia hypopyrrha |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Vinaceous Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia vinacea |
| Laughing Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| White-breasted Wood-Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calva |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus |
| Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| Western Grey Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator |
| Violet Turaco | Musophaga violacea |
| Green Turaco | Tauraco persa |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Oxylophus levaillantii |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| Black-chested Coucal | Centropus grillii |
| Black-throated Coucal | Centropus leucogaster |
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| Black-shouldered Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigriscapularis |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Scotornis climacurus |
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri |
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| Lesser Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis |
| Little Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinica |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias noevia |
| Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster |
| African Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus |
| African Pied Hornbill | Tockus fasciatus |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| African Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator |
| Yellow-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna elata |
| Northern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti |
| Bearded Barbet | Lybius dubius |
| Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Grey Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker | Picoides obsoletus |
| Western Singing Bushlark | Mirafra cantillans |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata |
| Sun Lark | Galerida modesta |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Hirundo semirufa |
| Mosque Swallow | Hirundo senegalensis |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina pectoralis |
| Garden Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Little Greenbul | Andropadus virens |
| Yellow-throated Greenbul | Chlorocichla flavicollis |
| Common Leaflove | Phyllastrephus scandens |
| Grey-headed Bristlebill | Bleda canicapilla |
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus |
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala |
| Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Western Nicator | Nicator chloris |
| Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina |
| White-tailed Alethe | Alethe diademata |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| Snowy-headed Robinchat | Cossypha niveicapilla |
| White-crowned Robinchat | Cossypha albicapilla |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| Northern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| White-fronted Blackchat | Myrmecocichla albifrons |
| Puvel's Illadopsis | Illadopsis puveli |
| Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii |
| African Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
| Capuchin Babbler | Phyllanthus atripennis |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis |
| Red-pate Cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps |
| Dorst's Cisticola | Cisticola dorsti |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| Rufous Cisticola | Cisticola rufus |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| River Prinia | Prinia fluviatilis |
| Red-winged Warbler | Heliolais erythroptera |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata |
| African Moustached Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| South African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
| Greater Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais pallida |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta |
| Smaller Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla |
| Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps |
| Green Hylia | Hylia prasina |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus bonelli |
| Subalpine Warbler | Sylvia cantillans |
| Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus |
| Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher | Bias musicus |
| Senegal Batis | Batis senegalensis |
| Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| African Blue-Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda |
| Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Yellow Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus parvulus |
| White-winged Black Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas |
| Mouse-brown Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| Western Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| Eastern Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus |
| Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigaster |
| Coppery Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
| Yellow-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| Common Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer |
| African Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus |
| Splendid Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus |
| Purple Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus |
| Northern Long-tailed Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus |
| Violet Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis |
| White-rumped Seedeater | Serinus leucopygius |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus |
| Crimson-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Crimson Seedcracker | Pyrenestes sanguineus |
| Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Dybowski's Twinspot | Euschistospiza dybowskii |
| Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara |
| Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Kulikoro Firefinch | Lagonosticta virata |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Black-throated Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| Lavender Waxbill | Estrilda caerulescens |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| Bronze Mannikin | Lonchura cucullata |
| Magpie Munia | Lonchura fringilloides |
| Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| Jambandu Indigobird | Vidua raricola |
| Baka Indigobird | Vidua larvaticola |
| Quailfinch Indigobird | Vidua nigeriae |
| Pale-winged Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni |
| Cameroon Indigobird | Vidua camerunensis |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua interjecta |
| Northern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua orientalis |
| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| Heuglin's Masked-Weaver | Ploceus heuglini |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Yellow-backed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| Gray's Malimbe | Malimbus nitens |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Black-winged Red Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| Orange Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macrourus |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Sudan Golden Sparrow | Auripasser luteus |
| Bush Petronia | Petronia dentata |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
