Birds to See in Gambia in April
44 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April
No new arrivals this month.
Leaving after last month28
- Green Sandpiper
- House Martin
- European Bee-eater
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Moorhen
- Little Tern
- Little Ringed Plover
- Montagu's Harrier
- Common Redstart
- Pied Wagtail
- Common Snipe
- Little Grebe
- Wheatear
- Whitethroat
- Tree Pipit
- Blackcap
- European Turtle-dove
- Ruff
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Kestrel
- Sedge Warbler
- Little Stint
- Whinchat
- Black-headed Gull
- Curlew
- Pomarine Jaeger
- White-winged Tern
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(33)Present outside the breeding season
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–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