Before a visit to Makasutu Forest and Mandina Bolon in mid-April
2014 we searched the internet for a list of possible sightings in this area,
even e-mailing Clive Barlow co-author of the Helm field Guide to Gambia but to
no avail. So I have listed here what we saw with our local guide on our 7 day
visit in the forest, river, mangroves and mudflats, for anyone in the same boat as we
were.
Local Guide :- Amadou Bojang. e-mail :- ams-sss_@hotmail.com
16th-23rd April. Clear skies, Temperature highs
33-37 degrees.
A, Darter
A, Golden Oriole
A, Darter
A, Golden Oriole
A, Harrier Hawk
A, Thrush
Babbler – Blackcap
Babbler – Brown
Bearded Barbet
Bee-eater – Swallow-tailed
Bee-eater – White-throated
Black Crake
Black Kite
Black-crowned Tchagra
Bronze Manakin
Caspian Tern
Common Bulbul
Common Wattle-eye
Cormorant – Great
Cormorant – Long-tailed
Dove – Black-billed Wood
Dove – Blue-spotted Wood
Dove – Laughing
Dove – A, Mourning
Dove – Namaqua
Dove – Red-eyed
Dove – Vinaceous
Eagle – Long-crested
Eagle – Short-toed (over)
Egret - Black
Egret - Black
Egret – Cattle
Egret – Great
Egret – Intermediate
Egret – Little
Fanti Saw-Wing
Flycatcher – A, Paradise
Flycatcher – Red-breasted Paradise
Fork-tailed Drongo
Francolin – Ahanta
Francolin – Double-spurred
Green Wood Hoopoe
Green-backed Eremomelea
Grey Kestrel
Grey-headed Sparrow
Heron – Goliath
Heron – Grey
Heron – Purple
Heron – Striated
Heron – Western Reef
Hornbill – A, Grey
Hornbill – A, Pied
Hornbill – Red-billed
Kingfisher – Blue-breasted
Kingfisher – Giant
Kingfisher – Malachite
Kingfisher – Pied
Kingfisher – A, Pygmy
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Lizzard Buzzard
Northern Crombec
Northern Puffback
Northern Puffback
Oriole Warbler
Osprey
Pelican – Great White
Pelican – Pink-backed
Piac piac
Pigeon – A, Green
Pigeon – Speckled
Plover – Grey
Plover – Little Ringed
Plover – Spur-winged
Plover – Wattled
Red-billed Firefinch
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Redshank
Roller – Abyssinian
Roller – Blue-bellied
Roller – Broad-billed
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Sacred Ibis
Sandpiper - Green
Sandpiper - Common
Sandpiper - Green
Sandpiper - Common
Senegal Batis
Senegal Coucal
Senegal Parrot
Senegal Thick-knee
Shikra
Shrike – Sulphur-breasted Bush
Shrike – White-crested Helmet
Shrike – Yellow-billed
Singing Cisticola
Snowy-crowned Robin Chat
Starling – Lesser Blue-eared Glossy
Starling – Long-tailed Glossy
Starling – Purple Glossy
Starling – Violet-backed
Stone Partridge
Sunbird – Beautiful
Sunbird – Collared
Sunbird – Copper
Sunbird – Green-headed
Sunbird – Mouse-brown
Sunbird – Scarlet-chested
Sunbird – Splendid
Swallow – Pied-winged
Swallow – Red-chested
Swallow – Wire-tailed
Swift – Little
Swift – Mottled
Swift – Palm
Swift – White-rumped
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Turaco – Green
Turaco – Violet
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Village Indigobird
Vulture – Hooded
Vulture – Palm-nut
Waxbill – Lavender
Waxbill – Orange-cheeked
Weaver – Black-necked
Weaver – Village
Western Grey Plantain-eater
Whimbrel
White-crowned Robin Chat
Woodpecker – Fine-spotted
Woodpecker – Grey
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPhoto Website :- http://ampics.webs.com
