Birds to See in Brunei in December
12 bird species on our list for Brunei are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Chestnut Munia and Great White Egret. New this month: Rock Dove, Black-crowned Night-heron and Greenshank.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Brunei’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 12 birds in December
12 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 3.95% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.50% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.29% in Dec
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.87% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.87% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.77% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.04% in Dec
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.04% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.83% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarceCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.52% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Chestnut Munia 10–11 cm
- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 14–15 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Blue-eared Barbet 20–23 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made