Birds to See in Gambia in July
18 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
18 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Little Weaver, Rock Dove, Lavender Waxbill and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Grey Heron, Squacco Heron, Greenshank and African Jacana and 3 more.
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
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
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Jul–May
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
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