Birds to See in Nigeria in June
19 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
19 bird species on our list for Nigeria are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Kestrel, Pied Crow and Lesser Striped Swallow.
New in June
No new arrivals this month.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(2)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