Birds to See in Chad in December
15 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
15 bird species on our list for Chad are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Fork-tailed Drongo, Grey Heron and Hoopoe. New this month: Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Blue-naped Mousebird and Grey Heron and 9 more.
New in December13
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Jul–May

Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Oct–May

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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