What birds can I see in Gambia in September?

22 species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Little Weaver, Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Lavender Waxbill.

What are the most common birds in Gambia?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Gambia are Pied Crow, Little Weaver, Rock Dove, Lavender Waxbill and Cattle Egret.

Birds in Gambia

Q: How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Gambia?

97 species, each recorded regularly in Gambia (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 8 residents, 3 summer visitors, 69 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Gambia, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

97 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Gambia has 97 bird species recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 3 summer visitors, 69 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 290,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Gambia in September

22 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 22 birds in September

Arriving in September: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Spur-winged Goose, Redshank, Black-crowned Night-heron, European Pied Flycatcher.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Gambia each month: most in November (92), fewest in June (11). Choose a month to see its birds.

22 92

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Lavender WaxbillSmallest · 9cm

Greater FlamingoLargest · 145cm

From the Lavender Waxbill (9 cm) to the Greater Flamingo (145 cm)40 families

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All 97 birds on the list

Showing 93–97 of 97 species

Red Knot

Calidris canutusNT

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Dec

Northern Pintail

Anas acutaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov–Jan

Eurasian Teal

Anas creccaLC

ScarceRare

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Feb

Garganey

Spatula querquedulaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov

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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

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