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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Chad in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantCommon43–50 cmRegularly Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantCommon63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusScarceCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceCommon45–53 cm
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantCommon210–275 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Mar–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 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