Birds to See in Liberia in February
23 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
23 bird species on our list for Liberia are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail and Common Swift. New this month: Sanderling, Ringed Plover, Little Egret and Moorhen and 3 more.
New in February7
Leaving after last month4
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter 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

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb

Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Jan–Mar

Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Jan–Mar

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Feb

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb

Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb

Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Feb

European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Feb

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–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
