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Thursday 29 December 2022

17-12-2022 KARTONG, THE GAMBIA - SENEGAL THICK NEE (Burhinus senegalensis)




17-12-2022 KARTONG, THE GAMBIA - PIAPIAC (Ptilostomus afer)



17-12-2022 KARTONG, THE GAMBIA - RED EYED DOVE (Streptopelia semitorquata)



29-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - STINK BUG (Genus Lerida)






29-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - RED BILLED FIREFINCH (MALE) (Lagonosticta senegala)



29-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - DARK BLUE PANSY BUTTERFLY (Junonia oenone)




28-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - LONG TAILED GLOSSY STARLING (Lamprotornis caudatus)





28-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - WESTERN RED BILLED HORNBILL (Tockus kempi)



28-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL (Papilio demodocus)



28-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - BEAUTIFUL SUNBIRD (FEMALE) (Cinnyris pulchellus)


The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchella), formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia, is a sunbird. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya in the east.

Beautiful sunbirds are tiny, only 10 cm (4 in) long, although the breeding male's long tail adds another 5 cm (2 in). They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both of which are adaptations to their nectar feeding. The male has a black head, bright metallic green upper parts, scarlet breast bordered with yellow and black belly. The central feathers of the teal are greatly elongated. The female is brown above with yellowish underparts.

28-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - RED ROCKDWELLER DRAGONFLY (Bradinopyga strachani)



27-12-2022 CAPE POINT SANDS, GAMBIA - WESTERN REEF HERON (Egretta gularis)



27-12-2022 CAPE POINT, GAMBIA - YELLOW BILLED KITE (Milvus migrans ssp. parasitus)





27-12-2022 CAPE POINT, GAMBIA - PINK BACKED PELICAN (Pelecanus rufescens)





27-11-2022 CAPE POINT, GAMBIA - GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)




27-12-2022 CAPE POINT, GAMBIA - GREY HOODED GULL (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)



27-12-2022 CAPE POINT, GAMBIA - COMMON SANDPIPER (Actitis hypoleucos)