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Birds of the Plymouth-Dakar Challenge 2005 | ||
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The first half of this list is based largely on opportunistic birding; the very few spare moments when we were not moving and I could get in a few minutes of twitching. It was tough to drive past scores of species I'd never seen before without stopping, but if I ever get back to Sidi Ifni then I know where I can pick up my Moussier's Redstarts. Similarly, we raced through the Parc National du Diawling in southwestern Mauritania on the road between Rosso and Diama. If you ever get over that way, the birding looks like it would be spectacular. While I missed a lot, the rare moments on the ground were very worthwhile. This trip list is cumulative and while I didn't check my math, I believe the total number of species seen was 299 with 149 being lifers. 26 December 2004, Keyhaven Marsh, Hampshire, England |
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| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Branta bernicla bernicla | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta acuta | |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca crecca | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula spermologus | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| (Common) Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola rubicola | |
| Common (European) Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis occidentalis | |
| 29 December 2004, La Laguna de Torreguadiaro, Sotogrande, Spain | ||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis | |
| Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Hirundo (Ptyonoprogne) rupestris | |
| Eurasian Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba alba | |
| (European) Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| 31 December 2004, Marrakech, Morocco | ||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta spinoletta | |
| (European) Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | |
| House Bunting | Emberiza striolata sahari | |
| 2 January 2005, Sidi Ifni, Morocco | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Black Wheatear | Oenanthe leucura | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
| Thekla Lark | Galerida theklae | |
| 3 January 2005, Laayoune, Western Sahara | ||
| Slender-billed Gull | Larus genei | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| 3 January 2005, Echtoucan, Western Sahara | ||
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| 4 January 2005, Dakhla, Western Sahara | ||
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus saharae | |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus | |
| Audouin's Gull | Larus audouinii | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus graelsii | |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 5 January 2005, Sahara, Mauritania | ||
| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor cursor | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 6 January 2005, Sahara, Mauritania | ||
| Desert Warbler | Sylvia nana deserti | |
| 7 January 2005, Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania | ||
| Western Reef-Egret | Egretta gularis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 7 January 2005, Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| Greater Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor algeriensis | |
| 8 January 2005, Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica hispanica | |
| Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
| Subalpine Warbler | Sylvia cantillans | |
| 9 January 2005, Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus poiocephalus | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 10 January 2005, Diawling National Park, Diama, Mauritania | ||
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola fuelleborni | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicopterus minor | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava flava | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 10 January 2005, Barrage de Diama-Maka, Senegal | ||
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis senegalensis | |
| Long-tailed Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | |
| Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus capitalis | |
| 12-13 January 2005, Parc National de la Langue de Barbarie, Senegal | ||
| Double-spurred Francolin | Pternistis bicalcaratus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis gambensis | |
| Grey Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinica | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Western Grey Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
| African Mourning Dove | Streptopelia decipiens shelleyi | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa limosa | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica lapponica | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala senegala | |
| Senegal Batis | Batis senegalensis | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| African Silverbill | Lonchura cantans | |
| White-rumped Seedeater | Serinus leucopygius | |
| Little Grey Woodpecker | Dendropicos elachus | |
| Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti rubescens | |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Little Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis viridissimus | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata | |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Nectarinia senegalensis | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Nectarinia pulchella | |
| Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Sudan Golden-Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| 14 January 2005, N'Dande, Senegal | ||
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppellii | |
| 17 January 2005, Kotu Creek, Fajara, Western Division, The Gambia | ||
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus senegalensis | |
| Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster | |
| Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus | |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus senegallus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba melanorhynchos | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
| Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus | |
| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus platycircus | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Lonchura cucullata | |
| 18 January 2005, Bijilo Forest Park, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia | ||
| Bearded Barbet | Lybius dubius | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus tectus | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
| Red-Bellied Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
| Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | |
| Senegal Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | |
| Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 22 January 2005, Nyanga Bantang, Central River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
| 22 January 2005, Jangjang-Bureh, Central River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
| 23 January 2005, Bantango Koto, Upper River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica torquata | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus pectoralis | |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
| 24-25 January 2005, Jangjang Bureh, Central River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Violet Turaco | Musophaga violacea | |
| Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius sphenurus | |
| Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia brachyrhyncha | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striatus atricapillus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| White-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha albicapilla | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais pallida | |
| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | |
| Lavender Waxbill | Estrilda caerulescens | |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Yellow-throated Leaflove | Chlorocichla flavicollis | |
| 26-31 January 2005, Basse, Upper River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans swanzii | |
| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| Black Woodhoopoe | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias noevia | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus nubicus | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Pygmy Sunbird | Anthreptes platurus | |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus caniceps | |
| 2 February 2005, Kasi Kunda, Upper River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Red-winged Warbler | Heliolais erythroptera | |
| 4 February 2005, Jarumeh Koto, Central River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbica | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis melanocephala | |
| Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah | Vidua interjecta | |
| 6-7 February 2005, Nyassang Forest Park, Touba Demba, Central River Division, The Gambia | ||
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus afer | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus | |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | |
| Lead-coloured Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Purple Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis brachypterus | |
| Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
| 9-11 February 2005, Kiang West National Park, Dumbutu, Lower River Division, The Gambia | ||
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| White-fronted Black-Chat | Myrmecocichla albifrons | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Hirundo semirufa gordoni | |
| Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis nigeriae | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris galeata | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus spilogaster | |
| Crowned Hawk-Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx longipennis | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii temminckii | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
| Red-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera | |
| 13 February 2005, Abuko Nature Reserve, Lamin, Western Division, The Gambia | ||
| African Pied Hornbill | Tockus fasciatus semifasciatus | |
| African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus abyssinicus | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
| Pied-winged Swallow | Hirundo leucosoma | |
| Fanti Sawwing | Psalidoprocne obscura | |
| Little Greenbul | Andropadus virens erythropterus | |
| Grey-headed Bristlebill | Bleda canicapilla moreli | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Splendid Sunbird | Nectarinia coccinigastra | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima maxima | |
| Guinea Turaco | Tauraco persa buffoni | |
| 16 February 2005, Staines Reservoir and Moor, London, United Kingdom | ||
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Great Tit | Parus major newtoni | |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus | |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs gengleri | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Carduelis cannabina cannabina | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
