Wildlife of West Africa
On this page you will find mainly the birds seen on this trip to Mali(M), Niger(N), Chad(Ch) and Cameroon(Ca). At the end are photos of some of the other wild life seen.
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Birds
The order of the species is as given in the Helm Field Guide of Birds of West Africa. Birds seen in
M - Mali N - Niger Ch - Chad Ca - Cameroon
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus M
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea M
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala M Ca
Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis Ca
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Ca M N Ch
Little Egret Egretta garzetta M
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta M
Green-backed Heron Butorides striata M
African Openbill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus Ca
Black Stork Ciconia ciconia Ca
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Ca
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Ca
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopica Ca
Black Kite Milvus migrans M N Ch Ca
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus parasitus M
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus M
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Ca
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera M
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Ch Ca
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Ca M Ch
African Jacana Actophilornis africana M
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina Ca
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus M
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Ca
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius M
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus Ca
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus M Ch Ca
Little Stint Calidris minuta N Ch
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus M
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus M
Little Tern Sterna albifrons M
Whiskered Tern Chilidonias hybrida M
Black Tern Chilidonias niger M
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Ch
Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata Ca
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea M
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Ca
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis M N Ch
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis M N Ch Ca
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini Ca
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus N Ca
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus Ca
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle fudis M
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Ca
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster M
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus Ca
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus M N Ca
Black Wood-hoopoe Rhinopomastus aterrimus
Hoopoe Upupa epops M N Ch Ca
African Pied Hornbill Tokus fasciatus Ca
African Grey Hornbill Tokus nasutus Ca
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus M Ch Ca
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix nigriceps Ch
Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucotis N
White Wagtail Motacilla alba Ch
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Ca Ch
African Thrush Turdus pelios Ca
Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes N
Cliff Chat Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris M
Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata Ca
African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda Ca
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii Ca
Unidentified Sunbird Ca (Limbe)
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicurus adsimilis M
Pied Crow Corvus albus M N Ch Ca
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis M
Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni M
Purple Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens Ca
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher M N
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus N
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus M
Kordofan Rufous Sparrow Passer corodofanicus Ca N
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus M
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus M
Bush Petronia Petronia dentata M Ca
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus M Ca
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus Ca
White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris M
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea M N Ch Ca
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus angolensis M
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonostricta senegala M
African Silverbill Euodice cantans M
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus Ca
Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis Ca
Other Wildlife
Lion Panthera leo
African Civet Civettictis civetta
Kob Antelope Kobus kob
Red-fronted Gazelle Gazella rufifrons kanuri
Kordofan Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum
Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas
Topi Damaliscus korrigum
Plants