Birds to See in Gambia in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From 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 87 birds in December
87 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.87% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Dec
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Dec
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Dec
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Dec
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Dec
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Dec
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Dec
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Dec
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantRare14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in 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