Birds to See in Burkina Faso in December
10 bird species on our list for Burkina Faso are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Rose-ringed Parakeet, Cattle Egret, Squacco Heron, Grey Heron and Little Weaver. New this month: Pied Crow, Little Weaver, Fork-tailed Drongo and Bearded Barbet and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecFrom Burkina Faso’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 10 birds in December
10 birds
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.90% in Dec
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.90% in Dec
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.60% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.60% in Dec
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon23–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.50% in Dec
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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