The Gambia, 14 – 28 December 2007

14 – 28 December 2007

Richard Dunn, Graeme Bowman, Ian Forsyth, Tony Bowman

December 14 Friday

At 02:00 hours I arrive at Graeme’s house to collect the rest of the boys for the drive to Manchester from where we were due to leave at 08:25. We arrived, found the car park and parked without a hitch. We then headed for check-in and the departure board did not make for happy reading, our flight was delayed until an estimated 10:30, 2 hours of the day lost. 10:30 came and went and the time was pushed out to 12:30, now a four hour delay. 12:30 came and went and the board now read 16:30 departure via Tenerife, now we had lost a whole day. Then came the announcement that the flight would not go today and we were to be put up overnight in a Hotel just next to the airport and we would have to be back at the airport first thing tomorrow morning to do it all again.

December 15 Saturday

We finally left at 09:40, a day, an hour and 10 minutes late and still going via Tenerife as the plane was a short hop job with not enough range to get us there on a direct flight. We arrived at Banjul International Airport at 5pm and took us nearly an hour to get our bags and get through customs. And then out onto the other side and into West African chaos where a friendly face, Tijan Kanteh, our guide and friend was waiting for us. The first birds I saw were Speckled Pigeons at the airport also seen here, a Shikra which dashed by in typical Accipiter fashion giving poor views as it went. We saw 14 species on the drive to the hotel 11 of which are new for me! What a place. Later we went for pizza, we had 4 pizzas 2 salads 7 beers and a bottle of water the bill was D1010 = £22.44 between 4. Dark at 7pm Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

December 16 Sunday

It got light enough to go Birding at 7am. Today is a long day on the road, heading inland. When Tijan arrives with the van, he has a driver with him, Lamin. We pile our gear on and are introduced to Ray Hopkins, who will be with us for the upriver trip, this is Ray’s fourth trip to The Gambia and he’s been upcountry before as well. As we are driving along, a Senegal Coucal flies straight into the windscreen of the van, we stop and Tijan jumps out a picks up the bird, things do not look good for it, its given a drink of water and kept on the dashboard as we drive off. When we arrive at the first stop of the day which is at the shrimp pools at Pirang, the Coucal has revived and it flies off strongly when released. At Pirang we meet up with the other group that are going inland with us. Mark & Nicola Breaks and Robert Hughes, they were with the guide Pa Jallow and his driver Kuntah. There is no sign of the target Black-crowned Crane here at all but there are plenty of good birds my personal favorites being, Little Bee-eater, Wire-tailed Swallow and Black-faced Quailfinch.. From here various roadside stops as and when either raptors were seen or an area looked particularly good. Doing this we saw a very distant Bateleur, Wooly-necked Stork, Long-crested Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Mottled Spinetail, Ruppel’s Griffon Vulture. The road after Pirang deteriorates into a dirt track with monster pot holes greatly reducing the speed. Its not too bad for us as we are in the front mini bus but Mark, Nicola and Rob in the other bus have a very dusty look to them when we arrive at Tendaba. On the final approach to the camp we pass a herd of cattle with what look like Oxpeckers on them, we do not stop so we could not confirm this although the other van see a donkey with Oxpeckers and manage some pictures. After the evening meal we head out on a short drive to look for birds of the night. This ploy gave us a single Long-tailed Nightjar and a bird that flushed which we saw fly away in the torchlight that may have been a Standard-winged Nightjar, but the views weren’t conclusive, it’s a one that got away. Overnight at Tendaba Camp

Quail-finch

December 17 Monday

First thing after breakfast we went on the legendary Tendaba Creek Crawl. Eight British birders, a Swiss couple who blagged a place on the boat, two Gambian Guides and a Gambian boatman. The general plan is that you cross the River Gambia and enter a tributary creek and then find another creek further up which connects with another creek and you end up back on the River Gambia. The absolute star of the adventure was a bird that I did not expect to see at all. African Finfoot, we had been out of the boat on a patch of dry land in the midst of the mangroves when the boatman got a call to say that another boat had seen a Finfoot. Everybody piled back into the boat and back up stream we went against the now falling tide. The boat turned a corner of the creek and in a moment that will stay with me a long time the boatman who was at the back on the motor shouts “Finfoot, Finfoot here” and is was here just next to the boat in the Mangrove roots, what a tremendous bird. Other birds seen; African Fish Eagle at the nest, plenty of Wooly-necked Storks, a male Montagu’s Harrier, Gabar Goshawk and our only White-throated Bee-eaters of the trip. Once back on dry land it was back into the vans for another long drive further inland. We hadn’t gone too far from Tendaba when a bee-eater perched on a wire at the side of the track turned out to be the bird that I wanted more than any other, a Northern Carmine Bee-eater. We all stopped and piled out to watch this fantastic bird, a short distance away a flock of bee-eaters went up and there were 22 Carmine Bee-eaters flying around. The stop here was prolonged by the fact that the other van had a puncture. We continue on, making stops as and when and eventually stop at a wetland area, and the shout goes up “Egyptian Plover” a single. Another bird seen today was Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, with the exclamation being the unbelievable length of its tail. We had crossed the river at Farafenni on the roll on roll off ferry having just drove straight to the front of the queue, and once on the North bank the road was perfect so we made good time and crossed the river again to Janjanbureh (Georgetown) where we stayed overnight at the Baobolong Camp. A night time drive on the island and we could here African Scop’s Owl probably three but none seen.

African Finfoot

December 18 Tuesday

Before breakfast a short walk behind the camp down to the river and a look at some nearby trees as Tijan heard a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl through the night, no owls seen. After breakfast we cross the river again towards Sankyley Kunda where almost as soon as we are off the ferry we find a nice group of Red-throated Bee-eaters and while watching theses a Little Green Bee-eater was found but it did not hang around. From here we head to the Kunkilling Forest Park. A slow walk along the paths reveals another highlight of the trip, Guinea Baboon a whole troop of them and what a racket they make. Crashing through the undergrowth and howling and yelping which it seems was directed at us as we were on their patch. Not a great deal here bird wise, nesting White-backed Vultures, a distant Marabou and the bird we went there for, Adamawa Turtle Dove, a single showed rather well as we were leaving. We headed back to Janjanbureh and went on our second boat trip in two days, this time the target was a mammal. We headed off upriver, although it could have been down river, for some reason my sense of direction seems to have deserted me, at one stage I was convinced I was looking east and yet I was looking at the setting Sun, how wrong can you be? The target of the trip was Hippopotamus and after heading up (or down) river for about an hour and a half there was the wee beastie only it was not so wee in fact they are a bit on the big side. Some nice birds seen while on the river, the pick being a pair of Hadada Ibis that flew over as we were heading back. As we headed out I watched an all dark bird fly past the boat and land in a tree top, size wise it reminded me of European Starling. When it landed it turned around to face back towards us and it showed a clear cut red patch on the chest. The only thing that we could match it up with was Grey’s Malimbe, a bird from further south, sadly not all in the boat got onto it and it did not hang around, so it went down as one that got away. Overnight at the Baobolong Camp.

Hippopotamus

December 19 Wednesday

Today we started the journey back towards the coast, tonight we would be back at Tendaba Camp but first we had to cross the river at Farafenni again. We headed back via the wetlands we had pasted on the way up country, stopping and birding as we went. Best of today was five Egyptian Plover together at pool right next to the road. Other good birds today; African Pygmy Goose, Gabar Goshawk, African Hawk Eagle and Red-necked Falcon. When eventually we arrived at the ferry the queue was massive, tomorrow is the Tobaski festival and a lot of people were trying to get home to families. The same tactic as on the way out was used, just try and drive straight to the front of the queue, alas this time it did not work in fact it nearly started a riot, with one guy getting really upset, in fact so upset that he assaults a policeman, got a good idea. Eventually we were across the river, it had taken two hours it we still had to get to Tendaba. We did one good stop en route and saw some good stuff, Western Violet-backed, Pygmy and Scarlet-chested Sunbirds and later in the darkness a Long-tailed Nightjar was seen on the road. Overnight at Tendaba Camp.

Egyptian Plover

December 20 Thursday

Today is the Tobaski religious festival and Tijan, Pa and the drivers are off to the Mosque, so we just hang around and do a bit of birding at the camp then a bit later a dip in the pool from where we see an African Spoonbill and an Osprey flyover. When the religious part of the day was over we were back on our way calling at Tendaba Airport! (its not one) and then the Batalin track, with some excellent birding here. Bateleur and White-shouldered Black Tit being the best. Again the local donkeys had Oxpeckers on in the distance but when we got to that area there was no sign, gone again. From here its back to the hotel. As we were driving the stretch of road where we hit the Senegal Coucal, it or another did exactly the same thing and flew headfirst in to the van, sadly this time we could not find the bird, it may not have been so lucky.

Abyssinian Roller

December 21 Friday

Tony goes home today so we are going to have a look around some of the local sites before he goes. First up is the gardens of the hotel and than a patch of waste ground that runs behind the hotel gardens and down to the sea. Coming back from breakfast a Woodland Kingfisher is found perched on the perimeter wall with approximately 100 Village Weavers and five Cattle Egrets. Then as we walk back to the room the local troop of Green Vervet Monkeys stroll through the gardens and I lose my banana to a male who makes quick work of it. As we have been inland and seen all the excellent birds up there we now start to catch up with some of the common birds of The Gambia. Doves and Sunbirds, Weavers and Firefinch’s, we start to see these from now. Tijan arrives later today as he has been with his family for the festival and we head up to the Koto creek and while in that area check the sewage pools as well. Then from here we collect Tony’s bag and do a bit of last minute birding near the airport, we have a Lanner fly over and then he’s gone and we’re off birding again. We try an area nearby where Tijan has been seeing Temminck’s Courser, we have no joy with these but we do have excellent views of Black-headed Plover and Wattled Lapwing as well as familiar thins like Northern Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail. Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Black-headed Plover

December 22 Saturday

Today we heading south to Tanji, looking for gulls, terns and waders. For today we have Rob, Mark and Nicola with us in the van. First stop of the day is Tujereng Wood an area that Tijan has been watching. I was stood in the shade of a tree with Ian when he picked up two Temminck’s Courser in the field that we were watching, sadly the heat haze was bad so the pictures I have don’t do them justice. From here we continue up the track looking for other birds when two birds are flushed from some tall vegetation, I don’t see them go but do see a bird fly past and land near the track, it was much nearer the track than I thought, it was right at the edge of the track and it flushed again and this time we could see where it landed. We all formed up and went to the spot where Tijan picked out the Bronze-winged Courser hiding in the short undergrowth. Two courser life licks in less than an hour, fantastic. From here we went for lunch at Paradise Inn and saw some nice birds here, highlight for me being the African Pied Hornbill. After lunch we headed for Tanji. Here we saw Kelp Gull, Grey-headed Gull, Caspian, Royal and Lesser Crested Tern and White-fronted Plover. A late afternoon visit to Tanji nature reserve gave us Blue-cheeked, Swallow-tailed and Little Bee-eater and our only Fanti Saw-wings of the trip, also here a Violet Turaco coming to drink at a small pool. Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Temminck’s & Bronze-winged Courser

December 23 Sunday

Bonto rice fields just before you get to Pirang is the site for Yellow-throated Longclaw and that’s were we start today. Again we have Rob, Mark and Nicola with us and it does not take long to see a handful of the longclaws although they are never close. Walking to the rice fields me and Graeme have a Double-spurred Francolin sitting out in the open singing. On to Pirang and the target bird is soon found, Plain-backed pipit. Watching an obvious pipit flying I put down the camera and lens which is on the tripod, then out of the corner of my eye see the lens start to move, I just manage to grab the lens hood but cant stop the whole rig from going over and as the camera hits the deck the 1.4 extender just shears off the lens. In a way I’m pleased that the 1.4 was on otherwise it may have been the camera or the lens that broke and not just the “cheap” 1.4. As we leave Pirang a Klaas’s Cuckoo was seen briefly. Just over the main road from Pirang is the Farababanta bush track, here we have our only Western Banded Snake Eagle and I catch up with Yellow Penduline Tit, but we dip on the Greyish Eagle Owl. Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Wire-tailed Swallow

December 24 Monday

Abuko nature reserve is the main destination today and we have Ray and his wife Sandra with us in the van. An old patch of riverine forest/jungle, Abuko is the sort of habitat that I imagined The Gambia would be covered with. Highlight here is a Crocodile probably a Nile Crocodile and I was well impressed with it. Bird wise Giant Kingfisher is very impressive, as is Green Turaco. But a bird we all got a bit excited over was Grey-headed Bristlebill, it’s a bit of a nondescript bird but apparently its hard to see and we had excellent views of it. Another bird seen that was very impressive is African Paradise Flycatcher. From here its only a short drive to Lamin Lodge where head to have lunch, although the lunch is fine the tide is in so the birding is almost nonexistent, on the way back out a Long-crested Eagle was sat fairly close to the road. We then head for the Lamin rice fields where after a short search Greater Painted Snipe are seen, two birds. Also here Black-shouldered Kite, Lizard Buzzard and Giant Kingfisher, which Tijan thought may have been one of the birds from Abuko as we were so close to the reserve. After Ray and Sandra were dropped off at the hotel we bird the Kotu creek and Palm Beach wetlands, seeing amongst others Sacred Ibis, African Jacana and Malachite Kingfisher. Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Nile Crocodile

December 25 Tuesday

Christmas Day, and it’s the first time I’ve been away from the family at this time of the year, a text or two was sent and a phone call made to wish seasons greetings. Then its back to birding and today we are going to Brufut Wood. On arrival we park under a tree which Tijan then proceeds to stare into and then pronounces that they are still there, a pair of White-faced Scops Owl which use the tree as a roost. They sit very still and look at us through the foliage and another new bird adds to the list. A guardian of the wood appears from nowhere and we pay the small fee to enter and the guide heads off and we follow and because we keep stopping to bird we soon lose the guide who we later see walking away in the distance, not much help he was. Anyway Tijan was good enough and without hesitation took us to a spot where to Long-tailed Nightjars could be seen roosting amongst the leaf litter. They showed exceptionally well and didn’t seem concerned that we were rather close to them. While here we met another group of birders who had a Yellowbill, which we immediately set out to look for but it was not to be it was not seen by us. From here we head for Tujereng Wood again. We try for the coursers again but have no joy with them today, but the White-fronted Blackchat shows well as does a pair of Red-winged Warblers that give brilliant views. A couple of birds that remind us of home show, Whinchat and Northern Wheatear, nice to see them in their winter habitat. Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Long-tailed Nightjar

December 26 Wednesday

We head for Marakissa River Camp where we will bird all day and then spend the night here as well. On the way we stop and buy food from a roadside vendor, a bun with a savory donut type filling, I had this the other day and its rather nice. We arrive at Marakissa and begin birding the area. The bird to see here is Spotted Honeyguide and it regularly comes to drink and the various water features that are provided. Having just mentioned that it was regular it took us till mid afternoon to see it. By this time I’m starting to feel a bit off colour nothing specific, just a bit ropey. In fact I have a lie down as I feel bad. During this lie down I miss a Lesser Honeyguide. Later we bird at the local wetlands and now I do feel ill. Back at the river camp I skip evening meal and stay in the room and the Banjul belly finally gets me and the roadside food from earlier is thrown out. After the meal the owner of the camp gives me some rehydration salts which seem to help only for that to be forcibly ejected later in the night. Lying awake unable to get to sleep I listen to the Ipod for an hour or so, and when I start to feel sleepy take off the headphones and then in the darkness I can hear something moving around in my room, I can hear its feet on the floor, but in the condition I’m in I decide that I can’t be bothered to get up and have a look and some time later I do fall asleep. When I wake in the morning I see on the floor a dropping of the beastie that was on the loose last night, and the size of the dropping makes me pleased that I didn’t get up to have a look. Overnight at Marakissa.

Spotted Honeyguide

December 27 Thursday

Graeme has a bit of a wander and finds a Grey-headed Bush Shrike just out of the camp showing very well. After breakfast we head along the river from the camp, Ian not with us as he didn’t feel too good this morning where as after last night I now feel great. We wander through the woods seeing another couple of Grey-headed Bush Shrike but not much else until on the way back we meet another birder with two guides and they have an Ovambo Sparrowhawk in the scope, which we gratefully receive. As we leave them a Tawny Eagle is overhead. Back at the camp Ian has had the Spotted Honeyguide again and I realize that I’m not as well as I thought I was. Leaving here we head for Gunjar Motel via Sifoe, which is Tijan’s home village and as we are her we call in at his house and meet his family. Food is offered and I feel bad that I don’t accept as I feel bad. Lamin who had been our driver on the up country leg of the trip was there and he gave me a cup of sweet green tea which I drank. We arrive at the motel and Tijan has them fill a small pool to try and get birds to come and drink and while here the Banjul belly claims me good and proper, even to the point of taking Imodium at the very first chance. Later a walk along the beach to the Gunjar lagoon is very hard labour for me and when we get there I just crash flat on my back feeling very unwell. I was feeling so unwell that I could not get excited that I had a Preying Mantis on my arm. I remember seeing Teal and Marsh Sandpiper here but very little else, there was loads of birds here its just I did not look. Back at the van I crash on the back seat flat out and we head straight back to Kololi and the hotel where I head straight for the toilet. I skip evening meal again tonight and stay in the room. Overnight at the Mansea Beach Hotel Kololi

Grey-headed Bush Shrike

December 28 Friday

Our last day and a final visit to Abuko, and I toy with the idea of staying in the van as I don’t feel good. In the end I go with the rest carrying a large bottle of water and I am pleased I go as I have five new birds here on the last morning, the best being Ahanta Francolin and Western Bluebill. From Abuko we head for the airport and drive down the track where we went a week ago when we saw Tony off and park in about the same place. A final change of clothing and start to pack away the birding gear when Graeme finds a Cardinal Woodpecker entering a nest hole, the last birding of the trip and we have a new bird, what a place.

After we board the plane we are delayed by an hour as there are two First Choice planes on the runway both going to Manchester and the wrong bags are put on the wrong plane so they have to unload and repack, what a cock up.

Species Seen

Little Grebe

White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Northern Gannet

Great Cormorant

Long-tailed Cormorant

African Darter

Grey Heron

Black-headed Heron

Purple Heron

Great White Egret

Black Heron

Intermediate Egret

Little Egret

Western Reef Heron

Cattle Egret

Squacco Heron

Striated Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

White-backed Night Heron

Hamerkop

Yellow-billed Stork

Woolly-necked Stork

Marabou Stork

Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

White-faced Whistling-duck

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-goose

Osprey

Black-shouldered Kite

Yellow-billed Kite

African Fish Eagle

Palm-nut Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Ruppel’s Griffon

Short-toed Eagle

Brown Snake Eagle

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Bateleur

Marsh Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

African Harrier-hawk

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Shikra

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Tawny Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

African Hawk-eagle

Booted Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Common Kestrel

Grey Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Ahanta Francolin

Double-spurred Francolin

Black Crake

Moorhen

African Finfoot

African Jacana

Greater Painted-snipe

Black-winged Stilt

Senegal Thick-knee

Egyptian Plover

Temminck's Courser

Bronze-winged Courser

Collared Pratincole

Spur-winged Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Grey Plover

Ringed Plover

Little Plover

White-fronted Plover

Common Snipe

Black-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwit

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Redshank

Marsh Sandpiper

Greenshank

Green Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Little Stint

Curlew Sandpiper

Dunlin

Ruff

Pomarine Skua

Kelp Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Grey-headed Gull

Slender-billed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Sandwich Tern

Royal Tern

Common Tern

Little Tern

White-winged Black Tern

Black Tern

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Speckled Pigeon

Adamawa Turtle Dove

African Mourning Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Vinaceous Dove

Laughing Dove

Black-billed Wood Dove

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Namaqua Dove

Bruce's Green Pigeon

African Green Pigeon

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Senegal Parrot

Green Turaco

Violet Turaco

Western Grey Plantain-eater

Klaas's Cuckoo

Senegal Coucal

White-faced Scop’s Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Long-tailed Nightjar

Mottled Spinetail

African Palm Swift

Pallid Swift

Little Swift

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Red-throated Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Little Green Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Carmine Bee-eater

Rufous-crowned Roller

Abyssinian Roller

Blue-bellied Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Hoopoe

Green Woodhoopoe

Black Woodhoopoe

African Pied Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill

Red-billed Hornbill

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Vieillot's Barbet

Bearded Barbet

Spotted Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Eurasian Wryneck

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Grey Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark

Crested Lark

Fanti Saw-wing

Barn Swallow

Red-chested Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Pied-winged Swallow

Northern House Martin

Mosque Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

White Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail

Common Bulbul

Little Greenbul

Yellow-throated Leaf-love

Grey-headed Bristlebill

African Thrush

Northern Anteater-chat

White-fronted Black-chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-chat

White-crowned Robin-chat

Rufous Scrub Robin

Whinchat

Northern Wheatear

Northern Black Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

Senegal Batis

Common Wattle-eye

Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher

African Paradise-flycatcher

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Red-winged Warbler

Oriole Warbler

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Western Olivaceous Warbler

Melodious Warbler

Green Hylia

Common Chiffchaff

Western Bonelli's Warbler

Senegal Eremomela

Northern Crombec

Common Whitethroat

Subalpine Warbler

Blackcap Babbler

Brown Babbler

White-shouldered Black Tit

Yellow Penduline Tit

Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Pygmy Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Splendid Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Yellow White-eye

African Golden Oriole

Woodchat Shrike

Yellow-billed Shrike

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Gonolek

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Grey-headed Bushshrike

White Helmetshrike

Fork-tailed Drongo

Piapiac

Pied Crow

Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling

Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling

Purple Glossy-starling

Long-tailed Glossy-starling

House Sparrow

Grey-headed Sparrow

Sudan Golden Sparrow

Bush Petronia

White-billed Buffalo-weaver

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Village Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Western Bluebill

Red-billed Firefinch

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Lavender Waxbill

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Black-faced Quailfinch

African Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

Cut-throat

Village Indigobird

Pin-tailed Whydah

Long-tailed Paradise-whydah

Yellow-fronted Canary

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting