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 ! Â»

Purple heron

Latin : Ardea purpurea

Images: 2
White-breasted cuckooshrike

Latin : Ceblepyris pectoralis

Images: 6
Vitelline masked-weaver

Latin : Ploceus vitellinus

Images: 3
Brown-rumped bunting

Latin : Emberiza affinis

Images: 2
Grasshopper buzzard

Latin : Butastur rufipennis

Images: 8
White wagtail

Latin : Motacilla alba

Images: 3
Cattle egret

Latin : Bubulcus ibis

Images: 3
Long-crested eagle

Latin : Lophaetus occipitalis

Images: 8
Senegal parrot

Latin : Poicephalus senegalus

Images: 4
Slender-billed gull

Latin : Chroicocephalus genei

Images: 4
Great white pelican

Latin : Pelecanus onocrotalus

Images: 3
Senegal thick-knee

Latin : Burhinus senegalensis

Images: 4
African thrush

Latin : Turdus pelios

Images: 4
Sanderling

Latin : Calidris alba

Images: 1
Western reef egret

Latin : Egretta gularis

Images: 6
Black crake

Latin : Amaurornis flavirostra

Images: 1
Four-banded sandgrouse

Latin : Pterocles quadricinctus

Images: 7
Brown-backed woodpecker

Latin : Dendropicos obsoletus

Images: 2
Greyish eagle-owl

Latin : Bubo africanus cinerascens

Images: 6
Double-spurred francolin

Latin : Pternistis bicalcaratus

Images: 5
Red-winged warbler

Latin : Heliolais erythroptera

Images: 5
Blackcap

Latin : Sylvia atricapilla

Images: 3
Greater painted-snipe

Latin : Rostratula benghalensis

Images: 12
Blue-bellied roller

Latin : Coracias cyanogaster

Images: 4
Yellow-billed shrike

Latin : Corvinella corvina

Images: 3
Collared pratincole

Latin : Glareola pratincola

Images: 1
Shikra

Latin : Accipiter badius

Images: 6
Red-necked falcon

Latin : Falco chicquera

Images: 9
Village indigobird

Latin : Vidua chalybeata

Images: 1
Spotted redshank

Latin : Tringa erythropus

Images: 1
Brubru

Latin : Nilaus afer

Images: 2
Northern crombec

Latin : Sylvietta brachyura

Images: 5
Wood sandpiper

Latin : Tringa glareola

Images: 2
African wood owl

Latin : Strix woodfordii

Images: 6
Black kite

Latin : Milvus migrans

Images: 1
African golden oriole

Latin : Oriolus auratus

Images: 7
Mouse-brown sunbird

Latin : Anthreptes gabonicus

Images: 2
Black-necked weaver

Latin : Ploceus nigricollis

Images: 3
Pygmy sunbird

Latin : Hedydipna platura

Images: 1
African mourning dove

Latin : Streptopelia decipiens

Images: 1
Pin-tailed whydah

Latin : Vidua macroura

Images: 7
Little grebe

Latin : Tachybaptus ruficollis

Images: 2
Pink-backed pelican

Latin : Pelecanus rufescens

Images: 4
Yellow-billed oxpecker

Latin : Buphagus africanus

Images: 2
Heuglin's masked-weaver

Latin : Ploceus heuglini

Images: 2
Red-throated bee-eater

Latin : Merops bulocki

Images: 11
Northern puffback

Latin : Dryoscopus gambensis

Images: 6
Grey-backed camaroptera

Latin : Camaroptera brevicaudata

Images: 2
Guinea turaco

Latin : Tauraco persa

Images: 2
Cardinal woodpecker

Latin : Dendropicos fuscescens

Images: 6
Golden-tailed woodpecker

Latin : Campethera abingoni

Images: 2
Ovambo sparrowhawk

Latin : Accipiter ovampensis

Images: 7
Pied-winged swallow

Latin : Hirundo leucosoma

Images: 1
African silverbill

Latin : Euodice cantans

Images: 5
Grey kestrel

Latin : Falco ardosiaceus

Images: 1
Tree pipit

Latin : Anthus trivialis

Images: 1
Splendid glossy-starling

Latin : Lamprotornis splendidus

Images: 10
Western yellow wagtail

Latin : Motacilla flava

Images: 4
Blue-spotted wood dove

Latin : Turtur afer

Images: 4
Striped kingfisher

Latin : Halcyon chelicuti

Images: 3
White-crowned robin-chat

Latin : Cossypha albicapilla

Images: 3
Grey-headed bristlebill

Latin : Bleda canicapillus

Images: 4
Bush petronia

Latin : Gymnoris dentata

Images: 5
Brown snake eagle

Latin : Circaetus cinereus

Images: 1
Broad-billed roller

Latin : Eurystomus glaucurus

Images: 6
Black-winged red bishop

Latin : Euplectes hordeaceus

Images: 4
Eurasian oystercatcher

Latin : Haematopus ostralegus

Images: 3
Dark chanting goshawk

Latin : Melierax metabates

Images: 5
Eurasian whimbrel

Latin : Numenius phaeopus

Images: 3
Lesser crested tern

Latin : Thalasseus bengalensis

Images: 4
Greater honeyguide

Latin : Indicator indicator

Images: 9
Rose-ringed parakeet

Latin : Psittacula krameri

Images: 4
White-shouldered black tit

Latin : Melaniparus guineensis

Images: 7
Pied kingfisher

Latin : Ceryle rudis

Images: 6
African finfoot

Latin : Podica senegalensis

Images: 6
Little weaver

Latin : Ploceus luteolus

Images: 8
Crested-lark

Latin : Galerida cristata

Images: 6
Spotted honeyguide

Latin : Indicator maculatus

Images: 4
Singing cisticola

Latin : Cisticola cantans

Images: 2
White-crowned lapwing

Latin : Vanellus albiceps

Images: 6
Blue-naped mousebird

Latin : Urocolius macrourus

Images: 3
Giant kingfisher

Latin : Megaceryle maxima

Images: 6
Cricket warbler

Latin : Spiloptila clamans

Images: 1
Pearl-spotted owlet

Latin : Glaucidium perlatum

Images: 7
Plain-backed pipit

Latin : Anthus leucophrys

Images: 6
Western bluebill

Latin : Spermophaga haematina

Images: 6
Woodland kingfisher

Latin : Halcyon senegalensis

Images: 2
Long-tailed nightjar

Latin : Caprimulgus climacurus

Images: 2
White-faced whistling duck

Latin : Dendrocygna viduata

Images: 2
Denham's bustard

Latin : Neotis denhami

Images: 1
Barn owl

Latin : Tyto alba

Images: 1
Sandwich tern

Latin : Sterna sandvicensis

Images: 6
Oriole warbler

Latin : Hypergerus atriceps

Images: 4
African pied wagtail

Latin : Motacilla aguimp

Images: 3
Copper sunbird

Latin : Cinnyris cupreus

Images: 2
Splendid sunbird

Latin : Cinnyris coccinigastrus

Images: 9
Northern grey-headed sparrow

Latin : Passer griseus

Images: 6
Swamp flycatcher

Latin : Muscicapa aquatica

Images: 6
White-backed vulture

Latin : Gyps africanus

Images: 9
Grey plover

Latin : Pluvialis squatarola

Images: 1
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 ÂŁ
  • FAJARA GOLF COURSE & KOTU CREEK AREA

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

TRIPS "UPRIVER"

From 150 ÂŁ
  • TENDABA 1 NIGHT

  • 2 people : 190 ÂŁ per person
  • 4 people : 150 ÂŁ 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 ÂŁ
  • ABUKO NATURE RESERVE & LAMIN LODGE & LAMIN RICE FIELDS
  • BIJILO FOREST PARK & TANJI BIRD RESERVE
  • THE BRUFUT WOODS & TUJERING WOODS

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

Further to GEORGETOWN & BANSANG & BASSE

From 195 ÂŁ
  • GEORGETOWN 1 NIGHT

  • 2 people : 225 ÂŁ per person
  • 4 people : 195 ÂŁ 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 ÂŁ
  • PIRANG & FARABA-BANTA BUSH TRACK
  • MAKASUTU CULTURE FOREST

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


  • THE MARAKISSA WOODS & DARSILAMI

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

TRIPS "UPRIVER" TENDABA & GEORGETOWN

From 395 ÂŁ
  • 4 nights / 5 days : 395 ÂŁ 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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