Birds to See in Cameroon in December
16 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
16 bird species on our list for Cameroon are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Grey Parrot, African Jacana and Barn Swallow. New this month: Little Egret, Grey Heron, African Jacana and Barn Swallow and 6 more.
New in December10
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(1)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Dec
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Dec
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Dec
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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