Birds to See in Nigeria in January
33 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
33 bird species on our list for Nigeria are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Pied Crow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Kestrel and Common Sandpiper. New this month: Senegal Thick-knee, Sedge Warbler and Fulvous Whistling-Duck.
Residents
(11)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
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Nov–May
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Jan
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