Uncommon Birds in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 55 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 49 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Gambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 55, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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