Birds to See in Cambodia in December
64 bird species on our list for Cambodia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Yellow-browed Warbler, Little Egret and House Sparrow. New this month: Bluethroat, Redshank, Eurasian Jay and Curlew Sandpiper and 8 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Cambodia’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 64 birds in December
64 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.19% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.76% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusWinter visitorUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneWinter visitorUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.06% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cmRegularly Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Dec · 0.00% in Dec
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