Birds to See in Nigeria in December
39 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
39 bird species on our list for Nigeria are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Pied Crow, Kestrel and Lavender Waxbill. New this month: Whitethroat, Wood Sandpiper, Helmeted Guineafowl and Western Marsh-harrier and 5 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Nov–May
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Dec
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