Uncommon Birds in Chad
Our list for Chad has 16 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
All 16, most common first
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusPassage migrantUncommon112–150 cmRegularly Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusScarceUncommon55–65 cm
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarceUncommon12–14 cm
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusScarceUncommon54–58 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Woodchat Shrike 17–19 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Egyptian Vulture 55–65 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
- Secretarybird 112–150 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