Birds to See in Liberia in December
21 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
21 bird species on our list for Liberia are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail and Common Swift. New this month: Rock Dove, Whimbrel, Ringed Plover and House Sparrow and 7 more.
New in December11
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Nov–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
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