Birds to See in Cambodia in February
64 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
64 bird species on our list for Cambodia are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow and Rock Dove. New this month: White-winged Tern, Ruff, Tufted Duck and Wryneck and 1 more.
New in February5
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year

White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Recorded all year

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year

Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year

Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year

Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year

Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year

Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year

Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year

Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Nov–Jun

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Apr

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–Mar

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Regularly Jan–May

White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb

Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Mar

Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every yearData: 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
