Common Birds in Chad
Our list for Chad has 44 common birds recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors, 34 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Chad in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisPassage migrantCommon75–115 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantCommon53–63 cmRegularly Oct–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
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