Birds to See in Nigeria in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Nigeria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 33 birds in January
33 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Jan
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.41% in Jan
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusResidentCommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Jan
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.23% in Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.17% in Jan
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.15% in Jan
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusWinter visitorCommon43–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.11% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Jan · 0.06% in 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