Rare Birds in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 22 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
All 22, most common first
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantRare14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusScarceRare87–100 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceRare34–38 cm
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Wryneck 16–18 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Pomarine Jaeger 46–51 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Northern Gannet 87–100 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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