Sierra Leone

Native species

trivial name	latin name	exhibits in the collection
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	18
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	7
Common Barn-owl	Tyto alba	16
Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	16
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	7
Peregrine or Barbary Falcon	Falco peregrinus	5
Common or African Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	8
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	9
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	7
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	10
African Hawk-Eagle	Hieraaetus spilogaster	2
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	36
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	11
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	11
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	2
Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus	2
African Scops Owl	Otus senegalensis	1
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	6
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	8
Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius	3
Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	3
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	1
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	13
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	3
Greater Painted-snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	5
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	8
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	30
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	6
Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	8
Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	8
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	25
Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	10
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	1
Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura	1
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	1
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	26
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	3
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	9
Western Great Egret	Ardea alba	4
Common Swift	Apus apus	33
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	7
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	5
Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	9
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	3
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	14
African firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata	1
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	3
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	8
Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	11
Freckled Nightjar	Caprimulgus tristigma	2
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	9
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	9
Garden warbler	Sylvia borin	10
Corys shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	1
Black-and-white Munia	Spermestes bicolor	3
Zebra Waxbill	Amandava subflava	1
diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	1
Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	4
Grey-headed kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	2
Grey-headed gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	12
African grey hornbill	Tockus nasutus	4
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	9
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew	Numenius phaeopus	1
Crowned Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus	2
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	4
Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	14
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	7
Lesser Striated Swallow	Cecropis daurica	4
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	1
Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	2
Ring-necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	1
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	2
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	2
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	2
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius	4
African harrier-hawk	Polyboroides typus	1
Western Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna opaca	3
Crimson Seedcracker	Pyrenestes sanguineus	1
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	10
Garganey	Anas querquedula	3
Egyptian Plover	Pluvianus aegyptius	1
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	1
Little or House Swift	Apus affinis	3
Northern House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	11
Verreaux´s Eagle-Owl	Bubo lacteus	1
Yellow-fronted canary	Serinus mozambicus	2
Black-crowned night-heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	3
African Swift	Apus barbatus	1
Blue-bellied Roller	Coracias cyanogaster	4
Estrilda melpoda	Estrilda melpoda	2
Orange-breasted bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	1
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	3
Oriole Warbler	Hypergerus atriceps	1
Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	2
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	2
Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima	1
Lesser kestrel	Falco naumanni	1
Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	4
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	2
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	1
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	15
Yellow-winged pytilia	Pytilia hypogrammica	1
Sanderling	Calidris alba	2
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	4
Blue-headed Wagtail	Motacilla flava	11
Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus	2
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	8
African fish eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	1
White-crowned robin-chat	Cossypha albicapillus	3
European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola	7
African golden oriole	Oriolus auratus	1
Western Grey Plantain-eater	Crinifer piscator	1
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	2
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	2
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	2
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	4
Woodland kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	2
Sibirian Stonechat	Saxicola maura	1
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	1
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	1
Iris Glossy-starling	Lamprotornis iris	2
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	2
Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	1
Rock Thrush	Monticola saxatilis	2
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	12
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	1
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul	Eurillas latirostris	1
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	5
Black-tailed Godwid	Limosa limosa	1
Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	8
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	2
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	1
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	4
Timneh Parrot	Psittacus timneh	0
Northern Paradise-Whydah	Vidua togoensis	1
Green-backed Twinspot	Mandingoa nitidula	1
Turati's boubou	Laniarius turatii	1
Fiery-necked Nightjar	Caprimulgus pectoralis	4
Standard-winged Nightjar	Caprimulgus longipennis	2
Long-tailed, Slender-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus climacurus	4
Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	10
Whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybrida	2
European Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus	3
Montagu`s Harrier	Circus pygargus	1
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat	Cossypha niveicapilla	2
White-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	1
Blue-breasted kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	3
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	3
African pygmy kingfisher	Ispidina picta	4
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	3
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	3
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2
Forest robin	Stiphrornis erythrothorax	1
White-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus poensis	1
Bronze Munia	Spermestes cucullata	1
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	2
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus	1
Magpie Munia	Spermestes fringilloides	1
Guinea Turaco	Tauraco persa	1
Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura	1
Brubru	Nilaus afer	1
Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus	2
White Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	2
Brown-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra australis	1
Common Gonolek	Laniarius barbarus	1
Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea	2
Grey-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti	2
Southern Fiscal	Lanius collaris	3
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	2
Eurasian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	30
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill	Bycanistes subcylindricus	1
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl	Bubo cinerascens	1
Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis	1
Dimorphic Reef-Egret	Egretta gularis	1
Senegal Thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis	2

Vagrant species

trivial name	latin name	exhibits in the collection
Rueppell's Griffon	Gyps rueppelli	1
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	12
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	32
Eurasian Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus	6
Short-toed snake eagle	Circaetus gallicus	3
Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	13
Four-banded Sandgrouse	Pterocles quadricinctus	2
European Golden-Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	4
Common Grasshopper-Warbler	Locustella naevia	7
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	2
Pectoral sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	1
European Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia turtur	5
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	4
Tufted duck	Aythya fuligula	5
Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus	4
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	1
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	1
Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax	1
Red-throated bee-eater	Merops bulocki	1
Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria	2
Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans	4
European nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	18
Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	4
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons	3
European Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	1