Birds to See in Cameroon in January
10 bird species on our list for Cameroon are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Pied Crow, Grey Parrot and African Jacana. New this month: Peregrine Falcon and Black-crowned Night-heron.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
From Cameroon’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 10 birds in January
10 birds
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.61% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 2.38% in Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacusSummer visitorCommon33–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.99% in Jan
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.70% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.70% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.41% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan · 0.35% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jan · 0.23% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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