Bird

Bird Guide Gambia and Senegal

Gambia is a country of nature with more than 650 different bird species recorded. Even if you are just beginning or an expert in birding, you have got the right destination. Make sure you will have a unique experience and increase your chances of birding with a local and professional bird guide. Wether you choose for a short nature trip or for a complete week birdwatching, I am at your disposal !

Make sure you fully enjoy your holiday in Gambia. I propose birdwatching anywhere in my country and also in Senegal.

- Abdoulie Ndure

About me

About me

I am an experienced ornithologist and a professional tourist guide for several years.

Here my official certificate issued by "Habitat Africa". I am member of "The Gambia Bird Guide Association" and also of "The West African Bird Study Association (Wabsa)". I work with tour operators but I also work as a freelance guide.

« I am Belgian and I had the opportunity of birding with Abdoulie several times. Abdoulie knows very well most of the species of birds. He is punctual, patient, helpful and he is a careful driver. If you need a trustworthy person in Gambia, I strongly recommend him ! »

African jacana

Latin : Actophilornis africanus

Images: 4
Fork-tailed drongo

Latin : Dicrurus adsimilis

Images: 6
Purple heron

Latin : Ardea purpurea

Images: 2
Striped kingfisher

Latin : Halcyon chelicuti

Images: 3
Bearded barbet

Latin : Lybius dubius

Images: 6
White helmetshrike

Latin : Prionops plumatus

Images: 6
Dark chanting goshawk

Latin : Melierax metabates

Images: 3
African wood owl

Latin : Strix woodfordii

Images: 6
African golden oriole

Latin : Oriolus auratus

Images: 7
Grey heron

Latin : Ardea cinerea

Images: 6
Western yellow wagtail

Latin : Motacilla flava

Images: 4
Grey-headed gull

Latin : Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Images: 6
Yellow-fronted tinkerbird

Latin : Pogoniulus chrysoconus

Images: 8
Cricket warbler

Latin : Spiloptila clamans

Images: 1
Wire-tailed swallow

Latin : Hirundo smithii

Images: 6
Royal tern

Latin : Thalasseus maximus

Images: 2
Pied kingfisher

Latin : Ceryle rudis

Images: 6
Red-bellied paradise flycatcher

Latin : Terpsiphone rufiventer

Images: 8
African darter

Latin : Anhinga rufa

Images: 5
Yellow-crowned gonolek

Latin : Laniarius barbarus

Images: 5
Northern crombec

Latin : Sylvietta brachyura

Images: 5
Grey plover

Latin : Pluvialis squatarola

Images: 1
African emerald cuckoo

Latin : Chrysococcyx cupreus

Images: 1
Denham's bustard

Latin : Neotis denhami

Images: 1
Great white pelican

Latin : Pelecanus onocrotalus

Images: 3
Little egret

Latin : Egretta garzetta

Images: 1
Spur-winged lapwing

Latin : Vanellus spinosus

Images: 3
Senegal parrot

Latin : Poicephalus senegalus

Images: 4
Greater honeyguide

Latin : Indicator indicator

Images: 9
Common chiffchaff

Latin : Phylloscopus collybita

Images: 1
Yellow-bellied hyliota

Latin : Hyliota flavigaster

Images: 6
African thrush

Latin : Turdus pelios

Images: 4
Red-winged warbler

Latin : Heliolais erythroptera

Images: 5
Gosling's bunting

Latin : Emberiza goslingi

Images: 8
Striated heron

Latin : Butorides striatus

Images: 6
Egyptian plover

Latin : Pluvianus aegyptius

Images: 9
Lesser honeyguide

Latin : Indicator minor

Images: 5
Swamp flycatcher

Latin : Muscicapa aquatica

Images: 6
Hadada ibis

Latin : Bostrychia hagedash

Images: 6
Speckled pigeon

Latin : Columba guinea

Images: 3
Yellow-rumped tinkerbird

Latin : Pogoniulus bilineatus

Images: 1
Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver

Latin : Plocepasser superciliosus

Images: 2
Green wood-hoopoe

Latin : Phoeniculus purpureus

Images: 2
Northern red bishop

Latin : Euplectes franciscanus

Images: 4
Abyssinian roller

Latin : Coracias abyssinicus

Images: 6
Red-necked falcon

Latin : Falco chicquera

Images: 1
Grey woodpecker

Latin : Dendropicos goertae

Images: 5
Green-headed sunbird

Latin : Cyanomitra verticalis

Images: 5
Black-headed heron

Latin : Ardea melanocephala

Images: 3
Bush petronia

Latin : Gymnoris dentata

Images: 7
Blue-naped mousebird

Latin : Urocolius macrourus

Images: 3
Western grey plantain-eater

Latin : Crinifer piscator

Images: 3
African spoonbill

Latin : Platalea alba

Images: 1
Hamerkop

Latin : Scopus umbretta

Images: 6
Exclamatory paradise whydah

Latin : Vidua interjecta

Images: 2
Red-billed hornbill

Latin : Tockus erythrorhynchus

Images: 4
Swallow-tailed bee-eater

Latin : Merops hirundineus

Images: 4
Little bee-eater

Latin : Merops pusillus

Images: 3
African yellow white-eye

Latin : Zosterops senegalensis

Images: 1
Helmeted guineafowl

Latin : Numida meleagris

Images: 3
Yellow-billed shrike

Latin : Corvinella corvina

Images: 3
Yellow-billed oxpecker

Latin : Buphagus africanus

Images: 2
Greater painted-snipe

Latin : Rostratula benghalensis

Images: 12
Northern black flycatcher

Latin : Melaenornis edolioides

Images: 3
Black heron

Latin : Egretta ardesiaca

Images: 2
Long-crested eagle

Latin : Lophaetus occipitalis

Images: 8
Eurasian whimbrel

Latin : Numenius phaeopus

Images: 3
Grey-headed bristlebill

Latin : Bleda canicapillus

Images: 4
Double-spurred francolin

Latin : Pternistis bicalcaratus

Images: 5
White-crowned robin-chat

Latin : Cossypha albicapilla

Images: 3
Long-tailed cormorant

Latin : Phalacrocorax africanus

Images: 3
Black scimitar-bill

Latin : Rhinopomastus aterrimus

Images: 4
Great egret

Latin : Ardea alba

Images: 9
African pied wagtail

Latin : Motacilla aguimp

Images: 3
Palm-nut vulture

Latin : Gypohierax angolensis

Images: 4
Sanderling

Latin : Calidris alba

Images: 1
African paradise flycatcher

Latin : Terpsiphone viridis

Images: 3
Abyssinian ground-hornbill

Latin : Bucorvus abyssinicus

Images: 8
African hawk eagle

Latin : Hieraaetus spilogaster

Images: 4
Cut-throat finch

Latin : Amadina fasciata

Images: 5
Black-crowned tchagra

Latin : Tchagra senegalus

Images: 6
Plain-backed pipit

Latin : Anthus leucophrys

Images: 6
Yellow-breasted apalis

Latin : Apalis flavida

Images: 1
Lavender waxbill

Latin : Glaucestrilda caerulescens

Images: 2
African harrier-hawk

Latin : Polyboroides typus

Images: 3
White-throated bee-eater

Latin : Merops albicollis

Images: 2
Great cormorant

Latin : Phalacrocorax carbo

Images: 6
Senegal coucal

Latin : Centropus senegalensis

Images: 3
Eurasian oystercatcher

Latin : Haematopus ostralegus

Images: 3
Black-headed gull

Latin : Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Images: 4
White-backed vulture

Latin : Gyps africanus

Images: 9
Black-headed lapwing

Latin : Vanellus tectus

Images: 3
Red-throated bee-eater

Latin : Merops bulocki

Images: 11
Little green bee-eater

Latin : Merops orientalis

Images: 5
Black-winged red bishop

Latin : Euplectes hordeaceus

Images: 4
Western violet-backed sunbird

Latin : Anthreptes longuemarei

Images: 2
Brubru

Latin : Nilaus afer

Images: 2
Blackcap

Latin : Sylvia atricapilla

Images: 3
Pin-tailed whydah

Latin : Vidua macroura

Images: 8
Ovambo sparrowhawk

Latin : Accipiter ovampensis

Images: 7
Prices of the trips

Prices of the trips

Make sure you fully enjoy your holiday in Gambia. I propose birdwatching anywhere in my country. From the coastal area to "upriver", by road and by boat or just walking around your hotel. Different trips are available : from a couple of hours to a few days or for one or more weeks. You will be collected at the airport or at your hotel, and driven back there.

(Prices are calculated with guiding, transport and entrances to nature reserves. Meals are included only during the "upriver" trips, except beverages.)

TRIPS AROUND THE COAST
(HALF DAY)

From 20 £
  • FAJARA GOLF COURSE & KOTU CREEK AREA

  • 2 people : 25 £ per person
  • 4 people : 20 £ per person

TRIPS "UPRIVER"

From 150 £
  • TENDABA 1 NIGHT

  • 2 people : 190 £ per person
  • 4 people : 150 £ per person


  • This includes transport, driver, fuel, Kiang West National Park, accommodation, boat trip, breakfast, 2 park lunches and guiding. Beverages are not included.

TRIPS AROUND THE COAST
(FULL DAY)

From 30 £
  • ABUKO NATURE RESERVE & LAMIN LODGE & LAMIN RICE FIELDS
  • BIJILO FOREST PARK & TANJI BIRD RESERVE
  • THE BRUFUT WOODS & TUJERING WOODS

  • 2 people : 50 £ per person
  • 4 people : 30 £ per person

Further to GEORGETOWN & BANSANG & BASSE

From 195 £
  • GEORGETOWN 1 NIGHT

  • 2 people : 225 £ per person
  • 4 people : 195 £ per person


  • This include transport, fuel, driver, breakfast, dinner, ferry crossings, park lunches and guiding. Beverages are not included.

TRIPS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER

From 35 £
  • PIRANG & FARABA-BANTA BUSH TRACK
  • MAKASUTU CULTURE FOREST

  • 2 people : 60 £ per person
  • 4 people : 35 £ per person


  • THE MARAKISSA WOODS & DARSILAMI

  • 2 people : 70 £ per person
  • 4 people : 40 £ per person

TRIPS "UPRIVER" TENDABA & GEORGETOWN

From 395 £
  • 4 nights / 5 days : 395 £ stg per person

  • This include transport, ferry crossings, fuel, driver, breakfast, park lunches, dinner, accomodation, boat trip and guiding. Beverages are not included.

TRIPS TO NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SENEGAL

  • To observe rare and endemics species these trips are a must !

  • Species such as African Finfoot, Little Green Woodpecker, Egyptian Plover, Fulvous Babbler, Sennar Penduline Tit, Cricket Warbler, Arabian Bustard, Stonechat, River Prinia, Quail-Plover, Savile’s Bustard, African Blue Flycatcher, African Swallow-tailed Kite, Black-Faced Firefinch and many others.
  • Migratory species from November till March.
  • Price is all included except beverages.
  • Duration and itinerary to be defined on request.

Specific excursions on request

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Abdoulie Ndure, experienced ornithologist and a professional tourist guid

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