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
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorUncommon93–122 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