Common Birds in Cameroon
Our list for Cameroon has 15 common birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cameroon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacusSummer visitorCommon33–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceCommon80–104 cm
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Aug–May
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Wood Warbler 11–13 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Lesser Striped Swallow 15–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Grey Parrot 33–40 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 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