Birds to See in Chad in January
10 bird species on our list for Chad are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Blue-naped Mousebird, Rock Dove and Squacco Heron. New this month: Ruff, Lanner Falcon and Gull-billed Tern.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From 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 10 birds in January
10 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 3.02% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.02% in Jan
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 1.01% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.90% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.90% in Jan
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantCommon43–50 cmRegularly Jan · 0.78% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.56% in Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.45% 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