Birds to See in Gambia in April
44 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Little Weaver, Lavender Waxbill and Rose-ringed Parakeet.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Gambia’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 44 birds in April
44 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Apr
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Apr
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Apr
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Apr
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
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