21-12-2022 NAGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - VIOLET DROPWING DRAGONFLY (MALE) (Trithemis annulata)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114463-Trithemis-annulata

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - RED BILLED FIREFINCH (MALE) (Lagonosticta senegala)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14051-Lagonosticta-senegala

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - COMMON BULBUL (Pycnonotus barbatus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14588-Pycnonotus-barbatus

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - RED EYED DOVE (Streptopelia semitorquata)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2988-Streptopelia-semitorquata

21-12-2022 NAGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - PIONEER WHITE BUTTERFLY (belenois aurota)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125577-Belenois-aurota

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - YELLOW CROWNED GONALEK (Laniarius barbarus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8209-Laniarius-barbarus

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - WHITE CROWNED ROBIN CHAT (MALE)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367670-Cossypha-albicapillus

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - RED FIREFINCH (MALE)

                                     https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144845118

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - RED BILLED FIREFINCH (FEMALE) (Lagonosticta senegala)

                                          https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144845118

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - RED CHEEKED CORDONBLEU (MALE) (Uraeginthus bengalus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14027-Uraeginthus-bengalus

21-12-2022 KOTU, GAMBIA - RED CHEEKED CORDONBLEU (FEMALE)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14027-Uraeginthus-bengalus

24-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - RED VEINED DROPWING DRAGONFLY (FEMALE) (Trithemis arteriosa)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114465-Trithemis-arteriosa

24-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - DARK BLUE PANSY BUTTERFLY (Junonia oenone)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68465-Junonia-oenone

24-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - SEED BUG (Spilostethus furcula)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469934-Spilostethus-furcula

24-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - JUNGLE FLAME (Ixora coccinea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133309-Ixora-coccinea

21-12-2022 NAGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - CRICKET (Infraorder Gryllidea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/358855-Gryllidea

21-12-2022 NAGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - SMALL ORANGE ACRAEA BUTTERFLY (Acraea serena)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319651-Acraea-serena

22-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - RAINBOW AGAMA (Agama agama)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68056-Agama-agama

22-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - RATTAIL (Stachytarpheta cayennensis)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126569-Stachytarpheta-cayennensis

23-12-2022 ATLANTIC BLVD, GAMBIA - BLUE BELLIED ROLLER (Coracias cyanogaster)

                                  https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2264-Coracias-cyanogaster

23-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - WESTERN RED BILLED HORNBILL (Tockus kempi)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144661-Tockus-kempi

23-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - BROWN BABBLER (Turdoides plebejus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15057-Turdoides-plebejus

23-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - YELLOW BILLED SHRIKE (Lanius corvinus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289509-Lanius-corvinus

23-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - MOTH (Genus Polydesma)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49530-Geometridae

23-12-2022 BRUFUT FOREST, GAMBIA - BLACK BILLED WOOD DOVE (Turtur abyssinicus)

The black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert.

This species is abundant in near desert, scrub and savannah. It builds a stick nest in a tree, often an acacia, and lays two cream-colored eggs. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general, and it tends to stay quite low.

Black-billed wood dove is a small plump pigeon, typically 20 cm in length. Its back, hindneck, wings and tail are pale grey brown, and the folded wings have dark metallic patches. There are two blackish bands on the back. The forehead, crown and nape are bluish grey, fading to whitish on the face. The underparts are pinkish, becoming whiter on the belly.

The bill of this dove is, of course, black. When flying, black-billed wood dove shows chestnut in the underwing. The call is a persistent fluted coo-coo-cu-coo. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller than adults, scaly below, and lack the wing spots.

Black-billed wood doves eat grass and other small seeds. They are quite terrestrial, and usually forage on the ground.

They are not very gregarious, but form large flocks at waterholes.