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Birds which commonly appear in Wolof stories or in the Bible are highlighted in yellow.
jaxaay ji eagle / aigle bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus |
céeli bi black kite / milan Milbus migrans |
tan mi vulture / vautour |
bànjóoli bi (baa bi) ostrich / autruche Struthio camelus |
ndobin gi ground hornbill / grand calao d'Abyssinie Buccorvus abyssinicus |
njugub bi bat / chauve-souris |
bulima West African river eagle / aigle-pêcheur Cuncuma vocifer |
sawóor mi / sagóor weaver bird / tisserin |
warapuló mi little egret aigrette garzette Egretta garzetta |
xodd gi great white egret /grande aigrette Egretta alba |
toor-toor mi often incorrectly called xodd cattle egret / héron garde-boeufs Bubulcus ibis |
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jaw gi lily-trotter / jacana Actophilornis africana |
ginaaru dex gi / ngen-ginaar gi Allen's Gallinulle /Poule d'Allen Porphyrio alleni |
ginaaru dex gi black crake Limnocorax flavirostra |
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koppin bi turkey / dinde ou dindon |
yit / it bi spur-winged goose / oie de Gambie Plectropterus gambensis |
baaxoñ bi pied crow / corbeau-pi Corvus albus |
seku bi |
yéraayér mi / yëraayër mi | Barbary shrike /gonolek de Barbarie Laniarius barbarus |
ginaaru àll stone-partridge / poule de rochier Ptilopachus petrosus |
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gulaagul bi, xolaaxol mi long-tailed glossy starling /merle métallique à longue queue Lamprotornis caudatus |
gulaa bi purple glossy starling /merle métallique pourpré Lamprotornis purpureus |
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sagóor mi | |||
the name includes a large variety of small grain eating birds such as sparrows, weaver birds, tits | njallax li grey-headed sparrow / moineau gris Passer griseus |
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toq gi / daaka bi | colbet mi / coblet mi | ||
red-beaked hornbill / petit calao à bec rouge Tockus erythorhynchus |
grey hornbill / petit calao à bec noir Tockus nasutus |
colbet jaam mi yellow wagtail / bergeronnette printanière Motacilla flava |
colbet gor mi white wagtail / bergeronnette grise Motacilla alba |
petax mi ?gok bi, ?kortilaan mi, ?paataar bi, ?peget bi ?poroporo mi ?xatim mi ?xëtaaxët, ?yuy bi | |||
poolu jàkka mi speckled pigeon / pigeon de Guinée Columba guinea |
petax mi laughing dove / tourterelle maillée Streptopelia senegalensis |
mourning dove / tourterelle pleureuse Streptopelia decipiens |
vinaceous dove / tourterelle vineuse Streptopelia vinacea |
pool mi red-eyed dove / tourterelle du Waalo Streptopelia senegalensis |
petaxu mareen mi xàlle mi long-tailed dove / tourterelle du Cap Oena capensis |
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ngëj mi marabou stork / marabout Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
mbërgët kuyy thickknee |
sarwét mi yellowbilled oxpecker / pique-boeufs Buphagus africanus |
njagabaar bi pelican / pélican Pecanus rufesceus |
nax-ndaw gi / waafaan mi / lipaaaxóon mi long-tailed nightjar / engoulevent à longue queue Caprimulgus climacurus |
bàqar bi abyssinian roller / rollier d'Abyssinie Coracias abyssinius |
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prëntaan mi ?pikirik mi sandgrouse / ganga Pterocles exustus Pterocles quadricinctus |
ngorkaan li |
cokeer bi double spurred francolin / francolin commun Francolinus bicalcaratus |
jàmb-jóob gi crowned crane / grue couronnée Balearica pavonina |
gutuut gi Senegal coucal / coq de pagode Centropus senegalensis |
looy mi owl / hibou |
rammatu mi bol-nbolate Senegal fire-finch / amarante commun Lagonosticta senegala |
patendugu mi bolle bi red bishop / fransicain ou faux cardinal Euplectes orix |