13 January, 2007

Senegal bird list

This is a list of birds that I've seen so far. I've tried to classify them by order, but I'm not certain about the taxonomy, so please let me know if you spot mistakes.

Places visited:
Yoff, suburban village on West Atlantic coast
Mboumbaye, rural village on an estuary of Senegal River
Le Parc National de la Langue de Barbarie
Diama, rural village on the Senegal River (bordering Mauritania), 25km from Djoudj National Bird Park
Nder, rural village in sahel/savanna

1. Ciconiiformes
a. Long-tailed Cormorant, Phalacrocorax africanus
b. Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
c. Grey Heron, Ardea cineria
d. Black Heron, Egretta ardesiaca
e. Black-Crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
f. Western Reef Egret, Egretta gularis
g. Little Egret, Egretta gardetta
h. Intermediate Egret, Egretta intermedia
i. Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
j. Black Kite, Milvus migrans
k. Stone Curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus

2. Pelecaniformes
a. Great White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus

3. Falconiformes
a. Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
b. African White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus
c. Eurasian Griffon Vulture, Gyps fulvus

4. Charadriiformes
a. Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
b. African Jacana, Actophilornis African
c. Spur-winged Lapwing, Vanellus spinosus
d. Long-Tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus
e. Sabine’s Gull, Larus sabini
f. Audouin’s Gull, Larus audouinii
g. Bridled Tern, Sterna anaethetus

5. Columbiformes
a. Laughing Dove, Streptopelia senegalensis
b. Vinaceous Dove, Streptopelia vinacea

6. Cuculiformes
a. Senegal Coucal, Centropus senegalensis

7. Apodiformes
a. Common Swift, Apus apus

8. Coraciiformes
b. Little Bee-eater, Merops pussilus

7. Upupiformes
a. Hoopoe, Upupa epops

8. Bucerotiformes
a. Red-billed Hornbill, Tockus erythrorhynchus

9. Passeriformes
a. Beautiful Sunbird, Cinnyris pulchellus
b. Pygmy Sunbird, Hedydipna platura
c. Greater Blue-eared Starling, Lamprotornis pulcher
d. Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Lamprotornis caudatus
e. Crested Lark, Galerida cristata
f. Sudan Golden Sparrow, Passer Luteus
g. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, Passer griseus
h. House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
i. Little Weaver, Ploceus luteolus
j. Vitelline Masked Weaver, Ploceus vitellinus
k. Village Weaver, Ploceus cucullatus
l. Red-billed Quelea, Quelea quelea
m. Lavender Waxbill, Estrilda caerulescens
n. Red-Cheeked Cordon-blue, Uraeginthus bengalus
o. Village Indigobird, Vidua chalybeata
p. Red-billed Firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala
q. African Silverbill, Euodice cantans
r. Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava
s. White Wagtail, Motacilla alba
t. Pied Crow, Corvus albus
u. Common Bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatu
w. Common House Martin, Delichon urbicum
x. Common Sand Martin, Riparia riparia