Sierra Leone Bird List

by Jon Hornbuckle

		Free-town	Tiwai	Gola E&W	Gola N	Kambui	Bum-buna	photos
	December 2006:	2,3, 17, 18	4,5,6	7,8,9, 12,13, 14	9,10	11,12	15,16
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	3						1
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	2		1				1
Great Egret	Ardea alba				1
Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	3						1
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	1
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	X	2	10
White-backed Night-Heron	Gorsachius leuconotus	2
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta						1
Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus		1	3
Spot-breasted Ibis	Bostrychia rara		3
Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis						5	1
Hartlaub's Duck	Pteronetta hartlaubii			1		2	1
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus		1
African Cuckoo-Hawk	Aviceda cuculoides			1
European Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus						1
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	X			2			1
Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis	1	4	2			1	1
Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	F		1				1
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus	1		2		1	2	1
Lizard Buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus						1	0
Red-chested Goshawk	Accipiter toussenelii			[2]		1
Shikra	Accipiter badius			1			1?
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk	Accipiter erythropus			2		1		1
Black Goshawk	Accipiter melanoleucus			1	1		1
Red-necked Buzzard	Buteo auguralis				3		1
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle	Aquila ayersii						1	1
Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis						1
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus africanus		1					1
Crowned Hawk-Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus				[1]
Forest Francolin	Francolinus lathami		H	1
[Ahanta Francolin]	Francolinus ahantensis		1?
Double-spurred Francolin	Francolinus bicalcaratus	5						1
White-breasted Guineafowl	Agelastes meleagrides			3
White-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra			2
Nkulengu Rail	Himantornis haematopus			H?	H
Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostris			1
African Finfoot	Podica senegalensis		[1]
Rock Pratincole	Glareola nuchalis		5
White-headed Lapwing	Vanellus albiceps		[2]
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	10
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa phaeopus	F
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	F
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	1
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	F
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	2	2				1
Sanderling	Calidris alba	F
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis	X						1
Royal Tern	Sterna maxima	X						1
Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba iriditorques			F	2	2		1
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata						X
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	2
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer			2				1
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	2		1
Blue-headed Wood-Dove	Turtur brehmeri	H	1	2	1	H
African Green-Pigeon	Treron calva			F	2	1	F
Grey Parrot	Psittacus erithacus		2	2
Great Blue Turaco	Corythaeola cristata		2+	10	2	F		1
Guinea Turaco	Tauraco persa						1
Yellow-billed Turaco	Tauraco macrorhynchus	3+		F	2	F
Western Plantain-eater	Crinifer piscator						2
Klaas's Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	H		H		H	H
Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius			1
Yellowbill	Ceuthmochares aereus	2	1	[1]
Black-throated Coucal	Centropus leucogaster		[1]H	H
Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis			H	1		2
African Scops-Owl	Otus senegalensis			H
Akun Eagle-Owl	Bubo leucostictus		H
African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii		H	H	H
Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum						2	1
Red-chested Owlet	Glaucidium tephronotum				H
Eurasian Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus			1
Long-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus climacurus	6+
Standard-winged Nightjar	Macrodipteryx longipennis	1				1		1
Black Spinetail	Telacanthura melanopygia				[F]
Sabine's Spinetail	Rhaphidura sabini			5	[20]
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus						F
Common Swift	Apus apus			X		X
Swift sp.	Apus sp.		F		F
Little Swift	Apus affinis	X	F				F
Malachite Kingfisher	Alcedo cristata			[1]
White-bellied Kingfisher	Alcedo leucogaster	1
Dwarf Kingfisher	Ispidina lecontei			1		[1]		0
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	Halcyon badia		1	1	H			1
Grey-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala				1
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis			1	1		2	1
Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica					1
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	2						1
White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis	X	X	X	X	X	X
Broad-billed Roller	Eurystomus glaucurus	2		X				1
Blue-throated Roller	Eurystomus gularis			[2]
White-crested Hornbill	Tockus albocristatus		2+	2	1
Black Dwarf Hornbill	Tockus hartlaubi			[2]
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill	Tockus camurus			2	1			1
African Pied Hornbill	Tockus fasciatus	F	X	X	X	X	X	1
Piping Hornbill	Ceratogymna fistulator		X	X				1
Brown-cheeked Hornbill	Ceratogymna cylindricus			[2]	4			1
Black-casqued Hornbill	Ceratogymna atrata		1+					1
Yellow-casqued Hornbill	Ceratogymna elata	4	X	X	X	X		1
Naked-faced Barbet	Gymnobucco calvus			2+		2+
Bristle-nosed Barbet	Gymnobucco peli				[1]
Speckled Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	2	1		1			0
Red-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus atroflavus	1		H		1+
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus subsulphureus			H
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	H		H
Yellow-spotted Barbet	Buccanodon duchaillui			3		F		0
Spotted Honeyguide	Indicator maculatus		[1]	1
Willcock's Honeyguide	Indicator willcocksi					1+		0
[Yellow-footed Honeyguide]	Melignomon eisentrauti					1?
Little Green Woodpecker	Campethera maculosa		2
Buff-spotted Woodpecker	Campethera nivosa			1	1	1
Brown-eared Woodpecker	Campethera caroli			[1]		1		0
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens						2	0
Melancholy Woodpecker	Dendropicos lugubris	1
Fire-bellied Woodpecker	Dendropicos pyrrhogaster		2		1	1		0
Rufous-sided Broadbill	Smithornis rufolateralis				1			1
African Pitta	Pitta angolensis		[2]
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia		F
Banded Martin	Riparia cincta			F
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	X	X	X	X
White-throated Blue Swallow	Hirundo nigrita		1					1
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	F					X	1
Preuss's Swallow	Petrochelidon preussi						X	0
Square-tailed Sawwing	Psalidoprocne nitens	X		F	F
Fanti Sawwing	Psalidoprocne obscura	X
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp						1
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava			2
Yellow-throated Longclaw	Macronyx croceus	4					3	1
Plain-backed Pipit	Anthus leucophrys						5	1
Blue Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina azurea		2	[1]	[1]			0
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga phoenicea						1
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	X	F	X	X	X	X
Little Greenbul	Andropadus virens	F		X
Little Grey Greenbul	Andropadus gracilis			1+
Ansorge's Greenbul	Andropadus ansorgei	2				1	2
Slender-billed Greenbul	Andropadus gracilirostris					2
Yellow-whiskered Bulbul	Andropadus latirostris	2			1
Golden Greenbul	Calyptocichla serina	1
Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator			1	1	2
Spotted Greenbul	Ixonotus guttatus			2+	2
Simple Greenbul/Leaflove	Chlorocichla simplex			1	1			1
Swamp Greenbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura			3
Leaf-love	Phyllastrephus scandens			[1]
Icterine Greenbul	Phyllastrephus icterinus			[1]		1		1
Common Bristlebill	Bleda syndactyla		2+	1+				1
Green-tailed Bristlebill	Bleda eximia			1		1
Grey-headed Bristlebill	Bleda canicapilla	2		1				1
Western/Yellow-spotted Nicator	Nicator chloris	1+	H	1	H	1		0
Red-tailed Greenbul	Criniger calurus			1	1	1
Western Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger barbatus		1	1	2
Yellow-bearded Greenbul	Criniger olivaceus	H	2+	2	1	1
Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush	Neocossyphus finschii	4	2	2
African Thrush	Turdus pelios						2	0
White-tailed/Fire-crested Alethe	Alethe diademata	2	1+	4		H		1
Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	2						1
Chattering Cisticola	Cisticola anonymus	1		2
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	H		1
Sharpe's Apalis	Apalis sharpii	H	2	2		1
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	1		1		2
Yellow-browed Camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris		1
Olive-green Camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota					2
Black-capped Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	H
Eurasian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus						H
Great Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus						H
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	1					1
Rufous-crowned Eremomela	Eremomela badiceps		H	2
Lemon-bellied Crombec	Sylvietta denti				2
Kemp's Longbill	Macrosphenus kempi			1
Grey Longbill	Macrosphenus concolor	1	H	H		H
Green Hylia	Hylia prasina	2	1	1	1	1
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	1		2		2
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	1
Violet-backed Hyliota	Hyliota violacea			4+
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	1
Northern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides						1
African Forest-Flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	1
Ussher's Flycatcher	Muscicapa ussheri					3		0
Cassin's Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini		1
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher	Myioparus griseigularis	1+
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca						1
Forest Robin	Stiphrornis erythrothorax		1	1	2	H
Lowland Akalat	Sheppardia cyornithopsis			1
Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos						1
Forest Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas leucosticta	1+
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra						4
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	1
African Shrike-flycatcher	Megabyas flammulatus	1
Black-and-white Shrike-/ Vanga flycatcher	Bias musicus						2
Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea						H
Chestnut Wattle-eye	Platysteira castanea	1		2		1
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye	Platysteira blissetti			2
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii				2+	2+
Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher	Trochocercus nitens			[1]
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	2	2	2		2
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis					1
White-necked Rockfowl	Picathartes gymnocephalus	2						1
Blackcap Illadopsis	Illadopsis cleaveri					1
Rufous-winged Illadopsis	Illadopsis rufescens	H	H	1		2
Puvel's Illadopsis	Illadopsis puveli			1				1
Brown Illadopsis	Illadopsis fulvescens			2
Blackcap Babbler	Turdoides reinwardtii						10	0
Brown Babbler	Turdoides plebejus						2+
Capuchin Babbler	Phyllanthus atripennis			[F]
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird	Deleornis fraseri				1	1
Mouse-brown Sunbird	Anthreptes gabonicus	2
Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris		2		1
Green-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra verticalis						1
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	Cyanomitra cyanolaema			2		1
Olive-Sunbird	Cyanomitra olivacea	2	F	F		2
Buff-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra adelberti			2
Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius	1	1	1				1
Tiny Sunbird	Cinnyris minullus	F					1
Johanna's Sunbird	Cinnyris johannae	1		2
Superb Sunbird	Cinnyris superbus	1
Variable Sunbird	Cinnyris venustus	X		F			X	1
African Golden Oriole	Oriolus auratus						1
Western Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	H	1	2	X	X
Common Fiscal	Lanius collaris	F					F	1
Large-billed/Sabine's Puffback	Dryoscopus sabini	1				1
Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegala						1	0
Brown-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra australis	1
Turati's Boubou	Laniarius turatii	H					2+	1
Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus	1
Sooty Boubou	Laniarius leucorhynchus			[1]
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	1						1
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike	Malaconotus cruentus			2
White Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus						15	1
Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike	Prionops caniceps			6+
Shining Drongo	Dicrurus atripennis	2+
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis						F
Velvet-mantled Drongo	Dicrurus modestus		2	F	2	F
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	X	X	F		X	X
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chloropterus						10
Emerald Starling	Lamprotornis iris						17	1
Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis cupreocauda			7	2			0
Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	F					F	1
Narrow-tailed Starling	Poeoptera lugubris			6
Black-necked Weaver	Ploceus nigricollis						X
Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	X		X	X		X
Vieillot's Weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus	X					6	1
Yellow-mantled Weaver	Ploceus tricolor		X	X		1
Maxwell's Black Weaver	Ploceus albinucha		X	X		F
Red-vented Malimbe	Malimbus scutatus			5
Gray's Malimbe	Malimbus nitens	2		4		2		0
Crested Malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus			1	1
Red-headed Malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis		2	F
Black-winged Bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus	1					1
Red-collared Widowbird	Euplectes ardens						25+
Red-fronted Antpecker	Parmoptila rubrifrons			1
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch	Nigrita bicolor	4		[1]
Grey-headed Negrofinch	Nigrita canicapilla			F
Crimson Seedcracker	Pyrenestes sanguineus	1		1				1
Western Bluebill	Spermophaga haematina		[1]	[2]
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	1						1
Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda						F
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	X					X	1
Black-and-white Mannikin	Spermestes bicolor	X					X	1
Jambandu Indigobird	Vidua raricola						1
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi						X	1
West African/Streaky-headed Seedeater	Serinus (gularis) canicapillus						1	1
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus	F						1
								58

numbers are max seen per day
[ ] = seen by Rich Hopf (RH) and/or Frank Lambert (FL)
? = id probable but uncertain
F = few, X = more than few, H = heard only
0 record shot only

ADDITIONAL NOTABLE DIPS
White-crested Bittern	Tigriornis leucolophus	X
Olive Ibis	Bostrychia olivacea		X
Ahanta Francolin	Francolinus ahantensis		X	X	X	X
Yellow-throated Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx flavigularis			X
Brown Nightjar	Caprimulgus binotatus			X
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	Melichneutes robustus			X
Ghana Cuckoo-shrike	Campephaga lobata		X	X
Sierra Leone Prinia	Prinia leontica						X
Black-capped Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	X
Nimba Flycatcher	Melaenornis annamarulae			X	X
Olivaceous Flycatcher	Muscicapa olivascens			X
Tessmann's Flycatcher	Muscicapa tessmanni			X
West African Batis	Batis occulta			X
Lagden's Bushshrike	Malaconotus lagdeni			X
Gola/Ballman's Malimbe	Malimbus ballmanni				X

PRIMATES (incomplete)
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes		X	H			X
Western Red Colobus	Colobus badius		X
Western Pied Colobus	Colobus polykomos		X
Sooty Mangabey	Cercocebus atys