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February 4th 2012
The numbers are in! I identified 63 different species this January in the Kedougou Region alone... mostly in the fields near Bandafassi and along the Gambia near Kedougou. Here they are:

January Birds


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    Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
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    Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
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    Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
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    African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
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    Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
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    Lappet-faced Vulture Torgostracheliotus
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    Black Kite MilvusMigrans
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    Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
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    Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
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    Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
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    Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
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    Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
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    Double -spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
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    Stone Partridge Ptilapochus petrosus
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    Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
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    African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
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    Vinaceous Dove Streptopeliavinacea
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    Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
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    Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
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    Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
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    Western Grey Plantain-eater Criniferpiscator
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    Violet Turaco Musophagaviolecea
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    Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
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    African Scops Owl Outus senegalensis
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    African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
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    Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
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    Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
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    Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
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    Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
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    Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
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    Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
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    Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
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    Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
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    African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
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    Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
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    Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
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    Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goerta
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    Sun Lark Galerida modesta
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    Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterixleucotis
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    Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
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    White-crowned Robin Chat Cossypha albicapilla
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    Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
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    Brown Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
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    Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
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    Beautiful Sunbird Cynnirus pulchellus
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    Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
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    White Helmet-shrike Prionops plumatus
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    Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Maloconotus blanchoti
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    Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniariusbarbarus
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    Fork-tailed Drongo Dircrurus adsimilis
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    Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
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    Purple Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
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    Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
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    Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
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    Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
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    Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
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    Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
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    Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens
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    Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
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    Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
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    Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
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    Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
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    Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Emberiza caesia
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