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 spoonbill

Latin : Platalea alba

Images: 1
Black heron

Latin : Egretta ardesiaca

Images: 2
Purple glossy-starling

Latin : Lamprotornis purpureus

Images: 15
Pied-winged swallow

Latin : Hirundo leucosoma

Images: 1
Red-bellied paradise flycatcher

Latin : Terpsiphone rufiventer

Images: 8
Variable sunbird

Latin : Cinnyris venustus

Images: 2
Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver

Latin : Plocepasser superciliosus

Images: 2
Common sandpiper

Latin : Actitis hypoleucos

Images: 2
Long-tailed glossy-starling

Latin : Lamprotornis caudatus

Images: 2
Black-headed heron

Latin : Ardea melanocephala

Images: 3
Abyssinian ground-hornbill

Latin : Bucorvus abyssinicus

Images: 8
Vinaceous dove

Latin : Streptopelia vinacea

Images: 1
Pied crow

Latin : Corvus albus

Images: 3
Red-billed hornbill

Latin : Tockus erythrorhynchus

Images: 4
Little weaver

Latin : Ploceus luteolus

Images: 8
Bronze-tailed glossy-starling

Latin : Lamprotornis chalcurus

Images: 4
Woodland kingfisher

Latin : Halcyon senegalensis

Images: 2
Ovambo sparrowhawk

Latin : Accipiter ovampensis

Images: 7
Cricket warbler

Latin : Spiloptila clamans

Images: 1
Grey plover

Latin : Pluvialis squatarola

Images: 1
Village indigobird

Latin : Vidua chalybeata

Images: 1
Spotted redshank

Latin : Tringa erythropus

Images: 1
African pied hornbill

Latin : Lophoceros fasciatus

Images: 2
African pied wagtail

Latin : Motacilla aguimp

Images: 3
Red-throated bee-eater

Latin : Merops bulocki

Images: 11
Rose-ringed parakeet

Latin : Psittacula krameri

Images: 4
Brubru

Latin : Nilaus afer

Images: 2
Cardinal woodpecker

Latin : Dendropicos fuscescens

Images: 6
Spotted honeyguide

Latin : Indicator maculatus

Images: 4
Piapiac

Latin : Ptilostomus afer

Images: 2
Hadada ibis

Latin : Bostrychia hagedash

Images: 6
Spur-winged lapwing

Latin : Vanellus spinosus

Images: 3
Exclamatory paradise whydah

Latin : Vidua interjecta

Images: 1
Violet turaco

Latin : Musophaga violacea

Images: 5
Grey heron

Latin : Ardea cinerea

Images: 6
Blue-bellied roller

Latin : Coracias cyanogaster

Images: 4
Palm-nut vulture

Latin : Gypohierax angolensis

Images: 4
Black kite

Latin : Milvus migrans

Images: 1
White-backed vulture

Latin : Gyps africanus

Images: 9
Swamp flycatcher

Latin : Muscicapa aquatica

Images: 6
Klaas's cuckoo

Latin : Chrysococcyx klaas

Images: 4
Verreaux's eagle-owl

Latin : Bubo lacteus

Images: 6
Black-billed wood dove

Latin : Turtur abyssinicus

Images: 5
Goliath heron

Latin : Ardea goliath

Images: 4
Black-necked weaver

Latin : Ploceus nigricollis

Images: 3
African thrush

Latin : Turdus pelios

Images: 4
African pygmy kingfisher

Latin : Ispidina picta

Images: 4
White-breasted cuckooshrike

Latin : Ceblepyris pectoralis

Images: 6
Western violet-backed sunbird

Latin : Anthreptes longuemarei

Images: 2
African emerald cuckoo

Latin : Chrysococcyx cupreus

Images: 1
Dark chanting goshawk

Latin : Melierax metabates

Images: 5
Yellow-rumped tinkerbird

Latin : Pogoniulus bilineatus

Images: 6
Grey-headed kingfisher

Latin : Halcyon leucocephala

Images: 9
Senegal coucal

Latin : Centropus senegalensis

Images: 3
Yellow-billed shrike

Latin : Corvinella corvina

Images: 3
Capuchin babbler

Latin : Phyllanthus atripennis

Images: 9
African finfoot

Latin : Podica senegalensis

Images: 6
Gosling's bunting

Latin : Emberiza goslingi

Images: 8
Northern black flycatcher

Latin : Melaenornis edolioides

Images: 3
Yellow-bellied hyliota

Latin : Hyliota flavigaster

Images: 6
Hooded vulture

Latin : Necrosyrtes monachus

Images: 5
Laughing dove

Latin : Spilopelia senegalensis

Images: 5
Little bee-eater

Latin : Merops pusillus

Images: 3
Yellow-billed kite

Latin : Milvus migrans parasitus aegyptius

Images: 2
Speckled pigeon

Latin : Columba guinea

Images: 3
Crested-lark

Latin : Galerida cristata

Images: 6
Bronze-winged courser

Latin : Rhinoptilus chalcopterus

Images: 5
African golden oriole

Latin : Oriolus auratus

Images: 7
Golden-tailed woodpecker

Latin : Campethera abingoni

Images: 2
African scops owl

Latin : Otus senegalensis

Images: 6
Brown babbler

Latin : Turdoides plebejus

Images: 1
Brown-rumped bunting

Latin : Emberiza affinis

Images: 2
Fork-tailed drongo

Latin : Dicrurus adsimilis

Images: 6
Grey woodpecker

Latin : Dendropicos goertae

Images: 5
Scarlet-chested sunbird

Latin : Chalcomitra senegalensis

Images: 8
Lesser crested tern

Latin : Thalasseus bengalensis

Images: 4
Striped kingfisher

Latin : Halcyon chelicuti

Images: 3
Black-crowned tchagra

Latin : Tchagra senegalus

Images: 6
Northern grey-headed sparrow

Latin : Passer griseus

Images: 6
White-fronted plover

Latin : Charadrius marginatus

Images: 1
Four-banded sandgrouse

Latin : Pterocles quadricinctus

Images: 7
Blackcap babbler

Latin : Turdoides reinwardtii

Images: 7
Striated heron

Latin : Butorides striatus

Images: 5
Squacco heron

Latin : Ardeola ralloides

Images: 3
Green-headed sunbird

Latin : Cyanomitra verticalis

Images: 5
Willow warbler

Latin : Phylloscopus trochilus

Images: 3
Griffon vulture

Latin : Gyps fulvus

Images: 6
Sanderling

Latin : Calidris alba

Images: 1
Singing cisticola

Latin : Cisticola cantans

Images: 2
Osprey

Latin : Pandion haliaetus

Images: 4
Yellow-breasted apalis

Latin : Apalis flavida

Images: 1
Northern white-faced owl

Latin : Ptilopsis leucotis

Images: 6
Malachite kingfisher

Latin : Corythornis cristatus

Images: 7
Ahanta francolin

Latin : Pternistis ahantensis

Images: 1
White wagtail

Latin : Motacilla alba

Images: 3
Black-headed gull

Latin : Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Images: 4
African jacana

Latin : Actophilornis africanus

Images: 4
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu

Latin : Uraeginthus bengalus

Images: 7
Common greenshank

Latin : Tringa nebularia

Images: 1
Broad-billed roller

Latin : Eurystomus glaucurus

Images: 6
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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