Gambia

Native species

trivial name	latin name	exhibits in the collection
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	12
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	19
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	7
Common Barn-owl	Tyto alba	16
Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	16
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	7
Peregrine or Barbary Falcon	Falco peregrinus	5
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	9
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	7
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	10
African Hawk-Eagle	Hieraaetus spilogaster	2
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	36
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	11
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	11
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	2
Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata	4
Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus	3
African Scops Owl	Otus senegalensis	1
Common Teal	Anas crecca	7
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	6
Hobby	Falco subbuteo	3
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	8
Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli	4
Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius	3
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	3
Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	2
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse	Pterocles exustus	2
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	1
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	13
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	3
Greater Painted-snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	5
Singing Bush Lark	Mirafra javanica	1
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	11
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	31
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	6
Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	8
Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	9
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	25
Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	10
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	1
Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura	1
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	1
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	21
Short-toed snake eagle	Circaetus gallicus	3
Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	14
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	26
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	3
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	9
Common Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	8
Four-banded Sandgrouse	Pterocles quadricinctus	2
Western Great Egret	Ardea alba	4
Common Swift	Apus apus	33
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	8
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	5
Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	9
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	3
Northern shoveler	Spatula clypeata	9
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	7
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	14
Slender-billed gull	Chroicocephalus genei	1
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	1
Common Grasshopper-Warbler	Locustella naevia	7
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	2
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	4
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	8
Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	11
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	9
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	10
Garden warbler	Sylvia borin	10
Corys shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	2
Zebra Waxbill	Amandava subflava	1
diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	1
Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	4
Grey-headed kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	2
Grey-headed gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	12
African grey hornbill	Tockus nasutus	4
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	9
European Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia turtur	5
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew	Numenius phaeopus	1
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	4
Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	14
Great cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	6
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	8
Lesser Striated Swallow	Cecropis daurica	4
Common pochard	Aythya ferina	3
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	1
Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus	4
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	1
Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	2
Ring-necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	1
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	2
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	2
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	2
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius	4
African harrier-hawk	Polyboroides typus	1
Western Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna opaca	4
Crimson Seedcracker	Pyrenestes sanguineus	1
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	10
Garganey	Anas querquedula	4
Egyptian Plover	Pluvianus aegyptius	1
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	1
Little or House Swift	Apus affinis	3
Northern House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	12
Verreaux´s Eagle-Owl	Bubo lacteus	1
Yellow-fronted canary	Serinus mozambicus	2
Black-crowned night-heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	3
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus	1
Blue-bellied Roller	Coracias cyanogaster	4
Estrilda melpoda	Estrilda melpoda	2
Orange-breasted bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	1
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	8
Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum	2
Oriole Warbler	Hypergerus atriceps	1
Purple Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpureus	3
Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	2
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	2
Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax	1
Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima	1
Lesser kestrel	Falco naumanni	1
Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	5
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	2
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	1
Red-throated bee-eater	Merops bulocki	1
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	15
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	4
Sanderling	Calidris alba	2
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	4
Blue-headed Wagtail	Motacilla flava	11
Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus	2
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	8
Lavender Waxbill	Estrilda caerulescens	2
African fish eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	2
White-crowned robin-chat	Cossypha albicapillus	3
African golden oriole	Oriolus auratus	1
Western Grey Plantain-eater	Crinifer piscator	1
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	2
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	2
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	2
Northern Paradise-Whydah	Vidua orientalis	1
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	4
Woodland kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	2
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	1
Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	1
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	1
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	2
Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	1
Rock Thrush	Monticola saxatilis	2
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	12
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	1
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	5
Black-tailed Godwid	Limosa limosa	1
Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	8
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	2
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	4
Fiery-necked Nightjar	Caprimulgus pectoralis	4
Standard-winged Nightjar	Caprimulgus longipennis	2
Long-tailed, Slender-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus climacurus	4
Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybrida	2
European Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus	3
Montagu`s Harrier	Circus pygargus	1
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat	Cossypha niveicapilla	2
White-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	1
Western Orphean warbler	Curruca hortensis	2
Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans	4
European nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	18
Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	14
Blue-breasted kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	3
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	6
African pygmy kingfisher	Ispidina picta	4
Eurasian Scops Owl	Otus scops	6
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons	3
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	3
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	3
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2
Bruces Green Pigeon	Treron waalia	1
African Silverbill	Euodice cantans	1
Bronze Munia	Spermestes cucullata	1
Lesser Crested-Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	1
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	2
Audouin's Gull	Larus audouinii	1
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus	1
Magpie Munia	Spermestes fringilloides	1
Guinea Turaco	Tauraco persa	1
Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura	1
Brubru	Nilaus afer	1
Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus	2
White Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	2
Common Gonolek	Laniarius barbarus	1
Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea	2
Grey-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti	2
Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus	5
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	2
Eurasian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	30
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl	Bubo cinerascens	1
Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis	1
Dimorphic Reef-Egret	Egretta gularis	1
Senegal Thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis	2

Introduced species

trivial name	latin name	exhibits in the collection
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	4

Vagrant species

trivial name	latin name	exhibits in the collection
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	32
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	13
Common or African Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	8
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	9
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	9
Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	10
Mew Gull	Larus canus	10
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	11
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	30
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	5
Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor	11
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	4
European Golden-Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	4
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	8
Eurasian Dotterel	Eudromias morinellus	3
Eurasian Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris	2
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	5
Tufted duck	Aythya fuligula	5
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	5
Blue-naped Mousebird	Urocolius macrourus	1
Spotted Thick-knee	Burhinus capensis	1
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	9
Little Crake	Porzana parva	2
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe melanoleuca	2
Cream-coloured Courser	Cursorius cursor	2
Mediterranean gull	Larus melanocephalus	2
Blackstart	Cercomela melanura	1
Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria	2
Red-throated loon	Gavia stellata	2
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	6
Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	10
Western Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	2
Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	4
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	3
Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	2
Brown-necked Raven	Corvus ruficollis	1