Birds to See in Gambia in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At 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 89 birds in January
89 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.95% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.90% in Jan
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Jan
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Jan
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Jan
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.36% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Jan
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Jan
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.24% in Jan
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Jan
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantRare14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in 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