Birds to See in Gambia in December
87 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
87 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Senegal Thick-knee, Great White Egret and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Black Tern and Red Knot.
New in December2
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(69)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Dec
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Dec
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