Birds to See in Chad in October
11 bird species on our list for Chad are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Helmeted Guineafowl and Blue-naped Mousebird. New this month: House Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Great White Egret and Spotted Flycatcher and 4 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
Leaving soon
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 11 birds in October
11 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.07% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.72% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.36% in Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantCommon53–63 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.12% in Oct
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.95% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.71% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct · 0.59% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Blue-naped Mousebird 33–36 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 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
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