Sunday 28 April 2019

Germany; Husum

I finally got around to looking for the ST Treecreepers in the town park in Husum. I wasn't sure how easy they would be to track down but the answer was very, and I found two individuals extremely approachable and very showy, interacting with each other and singing. I was a really enjoyable hour or so, wandering around the park. There was nothing else interesting on offer, but the Treecreepers really were excellent value.
-Short-toed Treecreeper

Species List:
Husum: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Robin, Starling, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Red Squirrel,

Thursday 11 April 2019

Sierra Leone complete species list


BIRDS

Double-spurred Francolin
Pternistis bicalcaratus
Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia episcopus
Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Western Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Long-tailed Cormorant
Microcarbo africanus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Shikra
Accipiter badius
Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus aegyptius
Red-necked Buzzard
Buteo auguralis
African Finfoot
Podica senegalensis
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
White-crowned Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Greater Painted-snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Feral Pigeon
Columba livia
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia vinacea
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria
Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Clamator levaillantii
Greyish Eagle-Owl
Bubo cinerascens
Standard-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus longipennis
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
African Palm Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
Common Swift
Apus apus
Little Swift
Apus affinis
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinicus
Blue-bellied Roller
Coracias cyanogaster
Blue-throated Roller
Eurystomus gularis
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Halcyon malimbica
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Ispidina picta
Malachite Kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Alcedo quadribrachys
White-throated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna elata
Brown-backed Woodpecker
Dendropicos obsoletus
Senegal Batis
Batis senegalensis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
White-crested Helmetshrike
Prionops plumatus
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bias musicus
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Campephaga phoenicea
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Western Square-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus occidentalis
African Golden Oriole
Oriolus auratus
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Western Nicator
Nicator chloris
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-throated Leaflove
Atimastillas flavicollis
Fanti Saw-wing
Psalidoprocne obscura
Red-chested Swallow
Hirundo lucida
Rock Martin
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica
Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis daurica
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Whistling Cisticola
Cisticola lateralis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
Red-winged Warbler
Heliolais erythropterus
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brevicaudata
Senegal Eremomela
Eremomela pusilla
Emerald Starling
Lamprotornis iris
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
African Thrush
Turdus pelios
White-browed Forest Flycatcher
Fraseria cinerascens
Grey Tit-Flycatcher
Myioparus plumbeus
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossypha niveicapilla
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
Mangrove Sunbird
Anthreptes gabonicus
Green-headed Sunbird
Cyanomitra verticalis
Splendid Sunbird
Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Copper Sunbird
Cinnyris cupreus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Black-necked Weaver
Ploceus nigricollis
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Yellow-winged Pytilia
Pytilia hypogrammica
Dybowski's Twinspot
Euschistospiza dybowskii
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda
Bronze Mannikin
Lonchura cucullata
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Plain-backed Pipit
Anthus leucophrys
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis

MAMMALS

Green Monkey
Chlorocebus sabaeus
Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Cercopithecus petaurista
Campbell's Monkey
Cercopithecus campbelli
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibious

REPTILES

Rainbow Agama
Agama lebretoni
Nile Monitor
Varanus niloticus

BUTTERFLIES

Danid Eggfly
Hypolimnas misippus
Plain Tiger
Danaus chrysippus
Nigerian Blue Forester
Euphaedra luperca
Soilder Pansy
Junonia terea
Forest Glade Nymph
Aterica galene
Veined Swordtail
Graphium leonidas
Angola White Lady
Graphium angolanus
Nemetes Sailer
Neptis nemetes
Forest Leopard
Phalanta eurytis
Lunulated Hairtail
Anthene lunulata
African Migrant
Catopsilia florella

DRAGONFLIES

Lucia Widow
Palpopleura lucia
Red-veined Dropwing
Trithemis arteriosa
Pied-Spot
Hemistigma albipunctum