Birds in Cameroon
Our list for Cameroon has 38 bird species recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 21 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
The list comes from 23,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 38
- In October
- 6
- Common
- 15
- Busiest month
- Aug
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Share of all bird records in Cameroon in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Cameroon
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pied Crow | ||||||||||||
| Grey Parrot | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Striped Swallow | ||||||||||||
| African Jacana | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Moorhen | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Greenshank | ||||||||||||
| Spotted Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Common Swift | ||||||||||||
| Wood Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Whinchat | ||||||||||||
| Peregrine Falcon | ||||||||||||
| Willow Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Lanner Falcon | ||||||||||||
| Senegal Thick-knee | ||||||||||||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | ||||||||||||
| Barn Owl | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Little Grebe | ||||||||||||
| Squacco Heron | ||||||||||||
| European Honey-buzzard | ||||||||||||
| Crowned Eagle | ||||||||||||
| European Pied Flycatcher |
The year in Cameroon
Records by month| January | 1,725 |
|---|---|
| February | 2,129 |
| March | 2,801 |
| April | 932 |
| May | 1,569 |
| June | 1,336 |
| July | 867 |
| August | 4,147 |
| September | 1,397 |
| October | 1,859 |
| November | 1,131 |
| December | 2,741 |
August has the most records (4,147). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
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All 38 birds, A to Z
- African Jacana
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Bearded Barbet
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Cattle Egret
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Swift
- Crowned Eagle
- European Honey-buzzard
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Great White Egret
- Greenshank
- Grey Heron
- Grey Parrot
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hoopoe
- Kestrel
- Lanner Falcon
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Moorhen
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Cameroon?
38 species, each recorded regularly in Cameroon (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 21 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Cameroon, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Cameroon in October?
6 species on our list for Cameroon are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Grey Parrot, Lesser Striped Swallow, Cattle Egret and Kestrel.
What are the most common birds in Cameroon?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Cameroon are Pied Crow, Little Egret, Grey Parrot, Common Sandpiper and Cattle Egret.
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