Birds to See in Sierra Leone in April
11 bird species on our list for Sierra Leone are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper, Fork-tailed Drongo and African Jacana. New this month: Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo and African Jacana and 2 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Sierra Leone’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 11 birds in April
11 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.57% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.38% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.10% in Apr
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr · 0.92% in Apr
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.73% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon29–37 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Apr
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.55% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.46% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.37% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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