Birds to See in Gambia in January
89 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Pied Crow, Great White Egret, Grey Heron and Squacco Heron. New this month: Little Bittern, Dunlin, Northern Shoveler and Wryneck and 1 more.
New in January5
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
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
(69)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Nov–Feb
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
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