List of Birds of The Gambia

List Of Birds Of The Gambia

This is a list of the bird species recorded in The Gambia. The avifauna of The Gambia includes a total of 576 species, one of which has been introduced by humans and two of which are globally threatened. The country, which is very small and almost completely surrounded by Senegal, has no endemic species.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. Not all species will fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.

  • (A) = Accidental occurrence based fewer than 10 records, and unlikely to occur regularly—this information is from Barlow's A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal, unless otherwise noted.
  • (I) = Introduced to The Gambia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


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Non-passerines: Grebes • Shearwaters • Storm petrels • Tropicbirds • Pelicans • Gannets and boobies • Cormorants • Darters • Frigatebirds • Herons, egrets and bitterns • Hamerkop • Storks • Ibises and spoonbills • Flamingos • Ducks and geese • Osprey • Kites, vultures, hawks and eagles • Secretary Bird • Falcons • Francolins, quail and partridges • Guineafowl • Buttonquail • Cranes • Crakes, gallinules and coots • Finfoots • Bustards • Jacanas • Painted Snipes • Oystercatchers • Stilts and avocets • Thick-knees • Coursers • Lapwings, plovers and dotterel • Sandpipers, curlews, stints, godwits, snipes, and phalaropes • Skuas • Gulls • Terns • Skimmers • Sandgrouse • Doves and pigeons • Parrots • Turacos • Cuckoos • Barn Owl • True Owls • Nightjars • Swifts • Mousebirds • Kingfishers • Bee-eaters • Rollers • Hoopoe • Woodhoopoes • Hornbills • Tinkerbirds • Honeyguides • Woodpeckers

Passerines: Larks • Swallows and martins • Wagtails and pipits • Cuckoo-shrikes • Bulbuls, greenbuls, bristlebills and nicators • Thrushes • Cisticolas • Old World warblers • Old World flycatchers • Wattle-eyes • Paradise-flycatchers • Old World babblers • Tits • Treecreepers • Penduline tits • Sunbirds • White-eyes • Orioles • Shrikes • Bushshrikes • Helmetshrikes • Drongos • Piapiac, crows and ravens • Starlings • Weavers • Estrildid finches • Indigobirds and whydahs • Buntings • Canaries and seedeaters • Sparrows

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Read more about List Of Birds Of The Gambia:  Grebes, Shearwaters, Storm Petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Gannets and Boobies, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Herons, Egrets and Bitterns, Hamerkop, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Ducks and Geese, Osprey, Kites, Vultures, Hawks and Eagles, Secretary Bird, Falcons, Francolins, Quail and Partridges, Guineafowl, Buttonquail, Cranes, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots, Finfoots, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted Snipes, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets, Thick-knees, Coursers, Lapwings, Plovers and Dotterel, Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Sandgrouse, Doves and Pigeons, Parrots, Turacos, Cuckoos, Barn Owl, True Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Mousebirds, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hoopoe, Woodhoopoes, Hornbills, Tinkerbirds, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Greenbuls, Bristlebills and Nicators, Thrushes, Cisticolas, Old World Warblers, Old World Flycatchers, Wattle-eyes, Paradise-flycatchers, Old World Babblers, Tits, Treecreepers, Penduline Tits, Sunbirds, White-eyes, Orioles, Shrikes, Bushshrikes, Helmetshrikes, Drongos, Piapiac, Crows and Ravens, Starlings, Weavers, Estrildid Finches, Indigobirds and Whydahs, Buntings, Canaries and Seedeaters, Sparrows

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