Birds to See in Nigeria in August
16 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
16 bird species on our list for Nigeria are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Pied Crow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Kestrel and Lavender Waxbill. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Grey Heron and Barn Owl and 2 more.
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(9)Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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