Birds to See in Chad in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecFrom Chad’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 15 birds in December
15 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.57% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.56% in Dec
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.95% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.95% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.95% in Dec
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Dec
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.81% in Dec
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantCommon53–63 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.74% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.61% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.41% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.27% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Blue-naped Mousebird 33–36 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Helmeted Guineafowl 53–63 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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