Birds to See in Liberia in January
20 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
20 bird species on our list for Liberia are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Pied Crow, Barn Swallow, Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper. New this month: Tree Pipit, Squacco Heron, Sandwich Tern and Grey Heron.
New in January4
Leaving after last month5
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 Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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