Birds to See in Gambia in February
85 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Great White Egret and Senegal Thick-knee. New this month: Barn Owl and White-winged Tern.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt 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 85 birds in February
85 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.82% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Feb
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Feb
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Feb
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Feb
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.37% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.23% in Feb
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.08% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
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