Birds in Chad

60 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Chad has 60 bird species recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors, 45 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 18,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Chad in September

7 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 7 birds in September

Arriving in September: Pied Crow, African Jacana, Blue-naped Mousebird, Little Weaver, Wood Warbler, Willow Warbler.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Chad each month: most in March (42), fewest in June (0). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Little Weaver
Little WeaverSmallest · 11cm
to
Common Ostrich
Common OstrichLargest · 275cm
From the Little Weaver (11 cm) to the Common Ostrich (275 cm)33 families

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All 60 birds on the list

Showing 24–46 of 60 species

Wheatear

Wheatear

Oenanthe oenantheLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lanner Falcon

Lanner Falcon

Falco biarmicusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Egyptian Goose

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Stint

Little Stint

Calidris minutaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rusticaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wood Warbler

Wood Warbler

Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
European Turtle-dove

European Turtle-dove

Streptopelia turturVU

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitorLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Willow Warbler

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Reed-warbler

Common Reed-warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC

ScarceCommon

Regularly Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolorLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Purple Heron

Purple Heron

Ardea purpureaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sand Martin

Sand Martin

Riparia ripariaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Ostrich

Common Ostrich

Struthio camelusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Senegal Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensisLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Barn Owl

Barn Owl

Tyto albaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Mar–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon niloticaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Jan–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whitethroat

Whitethroat

Curruca communisLC

ScarceCommon

Regularly Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Garganey

Garganey

Spatula querquedulaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Redstart

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greenshank

Greenshank

Tringa nebulariaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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