Gambia Naturetrek Tour Checklist 25 October - 5 November 2019
Checklist kindly provided by client Neil Sherman
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Tour Checklist Gambia
Day 1 Friday 25th October
Weather details: Warm, humid Arrive in the Gambia from the UK. Visit Bakotu and Kotu creek
Day 2 Saturday 26th October
Weather Details: Hot, humid Brufut woods and Tanji
Day 3 Sunday 27th October
Weather details: Hot, humid Abuko N.P and Lamin
Day 4 Monday 28th October
Weather details: Hot, less humid Travel to Tendaba, Maneida bar, Bamakuno forest and Farava sut
Day 5 Tuesday 29th October
Weather details: Hot, humid Solomon's pool, Tendaba airstrip, Kaur wetlands, Soma swamp and Wassu sand mine
Day 6 Wednesday 30th October
Weather details: Hot Gambia river trip, End of island and Denjambure rice fields
Day 7 Thursday 31st October
Weather details: Hot, breezy at times Basse and Bansang quarry
Day 8 Friday 1st November
Weather details: Hot, sunny Bansang – Tendaba, Jahally rice fields, Birrama bar and Delaban pool
Day 9 Saturday 2nd November
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Weather details: Hot, sunny Tendaba boat trip, Travel to Bakotu, Tendaba hill and Bakotu area
Day 10 Sunday 3rd November
Weather details: Cloudy, very humid Sunny later Farasuto forest reserve and Tanbi wetland
Day 11 Monday 4th November
Weather details: Cloudy, very humid Sunny later Pirang forest and Marakessa area
Day 12 Tuesday 5th November
Weather details: Hot, humid, sunny Tanji beach and Travel to airport for onward return to the UK
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Species Lists
Birds (=recorded but not counted) October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 1 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
2 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
3 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
4 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
5 Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus
6 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
7 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
8 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
9 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
10 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
11 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
12 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
13 Striated Heron Butorides striata
14 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
15 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 16 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 17 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
18 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
19 Great Egret Ardea alba
20 Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
21 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
22 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
23 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
24 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
25 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
26 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
27 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
28 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
29 African Darter Anhinga rufa
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 30 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
31 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
32 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
33 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 34 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
35 Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
36 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
37 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
38 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
39 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
40 Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
41 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
42 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
43 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
44 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
45 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
46 Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
47 Shikra Accipiter badius
48 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
49 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius 50 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
51 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
52 White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
53 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
54 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 55 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
57 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 58 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
59 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
61 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 62 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
63 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
64 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
65 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata orientalis
66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
68 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
69 Ruff Calidris pugnax
70 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
72 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
74 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
75 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
76 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
78 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
80 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
81 Rock Dove Columba livia 82 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
83 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
84 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 85 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
86 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 87 Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
88 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
89 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
90 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
91 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
92 Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
93 Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 94 Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 95 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
96 Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
97 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
98 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
99 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
100 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
101 Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
102 Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
103 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
104 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
105 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
106 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
107 Common Swift Apus apus
108 Little swift Apus affinis
109 Purple Roller Coracias naevius
110 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
111 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
112 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
113 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
114 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
115 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
116 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
117 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
118 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
119 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
120 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 121 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
122 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
123 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
124 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
125 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 126 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
127 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
128 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
129 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
130 Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
131 Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi 132 African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
133 African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
134 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
135 Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
136 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
137 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
138 Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
139 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
140 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
141 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
142 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
143 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
144 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
145 Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
146 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
147 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
148 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
149 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
150 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
151 Brubru Nilaus afer
152 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
153 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
154 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
155 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
156 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
157 Pied Crow Corvus albus
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 158 Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
159 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
160 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 161 Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
162 Yellow-throated Leaflove Atimastillas flavicollis
163 Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
164 Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
165 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
166 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
167 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
168 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
169 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
170 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
171 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
172 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
173 Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
174 Green Hylia Hylia prasina
175 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
176 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
177 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
178 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
179 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
180 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
181 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
182 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
183 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
184 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
185 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
186 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
187 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata
188 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
189 Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 190 Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
191 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
192 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
193 Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
194 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
195 Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
196 Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
197 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus 198 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
199 African Thrush Turdus pelios
200 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
201 Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
202 White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
203 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
204 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
205 Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
206 Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
207 Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
208 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
209 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
210 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
211 Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
212 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
213 Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
214 Bush Petronia Petronia dentata
215 House Sparrow - I Passer domesticus
216 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
217 White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
218 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
219 Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
220 Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
221 Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 222 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 223 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
224 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
225 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
226 Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
227 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
228 Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
229 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
230 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
231 Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens
232 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
233 Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
234 Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
235 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
236 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
237 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
238 Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
239 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
240 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima
241 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
242 White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
243 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
244 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapis
245 Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
Mammals 1 Green Monkey Chlorocebus sabaeus
2 Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas
3 Guinea Baboon Papio papio
4 West African Red Colobus Procolobus badius
5 Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus
6 Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus
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October/November Common name Scientific name 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 7 Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus
8 Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
9 Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius
10 Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus
11 Little fruit owl bat???
Reptiles & Amphibians 1 Nile Monitor Lizard Varanus niloticus
2 Agama Lizard Agama agama
3 West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus
Butterflies
Citrus Swallowtail, Papilio demodocus African Emigrant, Catopsilia florella Small Grass Yellow, Eurema brigatta Common Grass Yellow, Eurema hecabe Caper White, Belenois aurota African Caper White, Belenois creona Creamy Small White, Dixeia orbona Common Dotted Border, Mylothris chloris Small Orange Acraea, Acraea serena Tiny Orange Tip, Colotis evagore antigone African Albatross, Appias epaphia epaphia African Grass Blue, Zizeeria knysna Dark Blue Pansy, Junonia oenone Common Evening Brown, Melanitis leda Millet skipper, Pelopidas thrax Common Tiger blue, Tarucus theophrastus
Dragonflies
Widow Dragonfly, Palpopleura portia Black Percher, Diplacodes lefebvrei Red Basker, Crocothemis erythraea Strong Skimmer, Orthetrum brachiale Long Skimmer, Orthetrum trinacria Ivory pintail, Acisoma trifidum
Other Taxa,
African Giant Snail, Achatina sp. Giant Milliepede, Diplopoda: family Odontopygidae West African Fiddler Crab, Uca tangeri West African Mangrove Oyster, Crassostrea tulipa Atlantic Mudskipper, Periophthalmus papillo
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