The Gambia. Birds F - O.

Here is:

PART 2 Birds F - O for falcons, gulls, herons, kingfishers, etc.


Other parts:

PART 1 Birds A - E for Bee-eaters, cuckoos, eagles, egrets, etc.

PART 3 Birds P - S for rollers, snake-eagles, starlings, sunbirds, etc.

PART 4 Birds T - Z for terns, warblers, vultures, etc.

Falcon - lanner. Fairly common.

Firefinch - red-billed. Male. Quite common. Female is also pretty.

Firefinch - red-billed. Female. What a handsome pair of birds!

Fish-eagle - African.

Flycatcher - Northern black. Quite a large flycatcher.

Gonolek - common. What an amazing voice this bird had. Quite electric.

Goshawk - dark chanting - juvenile.

Greenbul - little. Very elusive. Lives in the forest canopy.

Green-pigeon - African. Here with a blue-breasted roller.

Green-pigeon - Bruce's. Who was Bruce then?

Greenshank - common. I know its common here too but I like them!

Gull - grey-headed. The Gambian equivalent of our black-headed.

Gull - Kelp. A very large gull. Same size as greater black-backed.

Gull - slender-billed

Gull - yellow-legged. Quite a rarity in the Gambia.

Hamerkop. In a class of it's own - literally!

Harrier-hawk - African. A majestic bird.

Helmetshrike - white. Doesn't this look like achild's toy?

Heron - black-headed

Heron - goliath. Certainly lives up to its name. 1.50 m tall. wingspan 180-210 cm

Heron - purple

Heron - striated

Hornbill - African grey

Hornbill - African pied

Hornbill - red-billed

Ibis - hadada

Indigobird - village. Juvenile. Adult is very dark with a pink bill.

Jacana - African

Kestrel - grey. A handsome raptor.

Kingfisher - African pygmy. Doesn't fish. Lives on insects.

Kingfisher - blue-breasted. Just couldn't get a picture showing its blue breast!

Kingfisher - giant. The largest in the world.

Kingfisher - grey-headed. Not common.

Kingfisher - malachite. Nearest kingfisher to our own native species

Kingfisher - pied. Abundant, noisy, argumentative.

Kingfisher - striped. Another generally non-fishing species.

Kingfisher - woodland. Also doesn't generally fish.

Kite - black. Our own type. Note black tip to yellow bill.

Kite - yellow-billed. Note all yellow bill.

Lark - crested

Mannikin - bronze. Female above. They looked lovely on these millet plants.

Night-heron - black-crowned

Nightjar - standard-winged. Female so no streamers.
Stayed put while light was shined on it.

Oriole - African golden. Male.

Osprey which had a large fish.

Owl - Northern white-faced. Look at those eyes!!

Owlet - pearl-spotted. Caused havoc when it flew into a tree.
All the local birds united to try and get it!

Oxpecker - yellow-billed. On a cow's nose.
They eat tics and other unwanted parasites.

The next part is:

PART 3 Birds P - S for rollers, snake-eagles, starlings, sunbirds, etc.