Birds to See in Gambia in October
43 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Lavender Waxbill, Senegal Thick-knee, Little Weaver and Great White Egret. New this month: Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Bearded Barbet and Ringed Plover and 17 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 43 birds in October
43 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Oct
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Oct
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Oct
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Oct
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.15% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
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