Birds to See in Liberia in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Liberia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 21 birds in December
21 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusSummer visitorCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–May · 2.84% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.58% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.89% in Dec
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.85% in Dec
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.81% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.45% in Dec
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Dec
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.24% in Dec
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.24% in Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.24% in Dec
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorUncommon23–31 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.16% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.16% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.16% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Willow Warbler 11–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Common Swift 16–17 cm
- Lesser Striped Swallow 15–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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