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.

The Gambia. Birds P - S

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

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

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

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

Paradise-flycatcher - red-bellied

Parakeet - rose-ringed. Yes, this is the one we have in SE England.

Parrot - Senegal. Senegal again.

Partridge - stone. Amazing duets of calls when they got going.

Pelican - great white

Pelican - pink-backed

Piacpiac

Pigeon - speckled. A lovely bird even if it is only a pigeon.

Plantain-eater - Western grey

Plover - black-headed. Frequented arid fields nowhere near water.

Plover - Egyptian.  An iconic bird

Plover - wattled, right, with a Senegal thick-knee.

Pratincole - collared. Huge flocks of these. At least 5,000.

Prinia - red-flanked (red-winged warbler)

Puffback - Northern

Robin-chat - white-crowned. Secretive and in dense undergrowth.

Roller - Abyssinian. One of four species of roller.

Roller - blue-breasted. Common and beautiful.

Roller - broad-billed

Roller - rufous-crowned. Offering a gift of an insect.

Sandpiper - wood.

Seedeater - white-rumped

Shikra. A small raptor like a sparrowhawk.

Shikra, perched - juvenile.

Shrike - woodchat

Shrike - yellow-billed

Snake-Eagle - banded

Snake-Eagle - Beaudouin's

Snake-Eagle - brown

Sparrow - Northern grey-headed

Sparrow-weaver - chestnut-crowned

Starling - bronze-tailed glossy. Note red eye.

Starling - long-tailed glossy

Starling - purple glossy

Stilt - black-winged. Juvenile.

Stork - marabou. I'm sure his mum loves him!

Stork - woolly-necked



Sunbird - beautiful. Male. Well named.

 

Sunbird - beautiful. Female.



Sunbird - beautiful. Female on nest.

Sunbird - copper

Sunbird - mouse-brown, with green spider.

Sunbird - pygmy

Sunbird - splendid

Sunbird - variable

Swallow - mosque

Swallow - pied-winged

Swallow - red-chested

Swallow - red-rumped

Swallow - wire-tailed. No wires as this is a juvenile or non-breeding

Swift - little

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Continue to the next posting for the rest of the birds.


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