Birds in Liberia
Our list for Liberia has 45 bird species recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 13 winter visitors, 19 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
The list comes from 23,000 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.
- Species on our list
- 45
- In October
- 12
- Common
- 17
- Busiest month
- Jan
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Share of all bird records in Liberia in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Liberia
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pied Crow | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Striped Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Common Swift | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Spotted Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Whinchat | ||||||||||||
| House Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Whimbrel | ||||||||||||
| European Pied Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Nightingale | ||||||||||||
| African Jacana | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Squacco Heron | ||||||||||||
| Tree Pipit | ||||||||||||
| Willow Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Garden Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Ringed Plover | ||||||||||||
| Little Grebe | ||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern | ||||||||||||
| Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Greenshank | ||||||||||||
| Common Tern | ||||||||||||
| Moorhen | ||||||||||||
| Purple Heron |
The year in Liberia
Records by month| January | 3,442 |
|---|---|
| February | 2,590 |
| March | 2,272 |
| April | 2,691 |
| May | 1,576 |
| June | 1,778 |
| July | 618 |
| August | 900 |
| September | 955 |
| October | 2,321 |
| November | 1,629 |
| December | 2,468 |
January has the most records (3,442). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
8 of 8How common
All 45 birds, A to Z
- African Jacana
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Black Tern
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Cattle Egret
- Common Reed-warbler
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- European Bee-eater
- European Honey-buzzard
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Garden Warbler
- Great White Egret
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Grey Heron
- Grey Plover
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Kestrel
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Little Egret
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Liberia?
45 species, each recorded regularly in Liberia (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 1 summer visitor, 13 winter visitors, 19 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Liberia, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Liberia in October?
12 species on our list for Liberia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Barn Swallow, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher and Yellow Wagtail.
What are the most common birds in Liberia?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Liberia are Pied Crow, Rock Dove, Cattle Egret, Barn Swallow and Lesser Striped Swallow.
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










