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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nigeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 46, most common first
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusScarceUncommon42–51 cm
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosScarceUncommon15–17 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisScarceUncommon75–115 cm
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceUncommon48–66 cm
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Jan
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacusPassage migrantUncommon33–40 cmRegularly Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly 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