Birds to See in Gambia in November
92 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Great White Egret and Senegal Thick-knee. New this month: Wood Sandpiper, Western Marsh-harrier, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Woodchat Shrike and 45 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 92 birds in November
92 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Nov
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Nov
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Nov
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.25% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantRare14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
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