Uncommon Birds in Nigeria
Our list for Nigeria has 46 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 9 winter visitors, 30 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nigeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 46, most common first
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisPassage migrantUncommon48–61 cmRegularly Oct–May
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
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