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Wildlife

On the Island

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Island resident

Hooded Vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus

Island resident

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus migrans parasitus

Island resident/migrant

African Harrier Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Island resident

Double-Spurred Francolin

Pternistis bicalcaratus

Island resident

Laughing Dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Island resident

Red-eyed Dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

Island resident

Western Grey Plantain-eater

Crinifer piscator

Island resident

Senegal Coucal

Centropus senegalensis

Island resident

Blue-Cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

Island migrant

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

Island resident

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Island resident

Fork-Tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Island resident

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

Island resident

Red-Billed Fire-Finch

Lagonosticta senegala

Island resident

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Island resident

In and Around the Sierra Leone River Estuary

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Estuary resident/migrant

Long-tailed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus

Estuary resident

Green-Backed Heron

Butorides striata

Estuary resident

Black Heron

Egretta ardesiaca

Estuary resident/migrant

Western Reef Egret (Heron)

Egretta gularis

Estuary resident

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Estuary resident/migrant

Intermediate Egret

Ardea intermedia

Estuary resident

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Estuary migrant

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Estuary resident/migrant

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Estuary migrant

African Fish Eagle

Haliaetus vocifer

Estuary resident

Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

Estuary resident

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Estuary migrant

Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

Estuary migrant

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Estuary migrant

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Estuary migrant

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Estuary migrant

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Estuary migrant

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Estuary migrant

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Estuary migrant

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Estuary migrant

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

Estuary migrant

Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

Estuary migrant

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Estuary migrant

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Estuary migrant

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

Estuary resident/migrant

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Estuary migrant

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Estuary resident