Birds to See in Sierra Leone in February
10 bird species on our list for Sierra Leone are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Common Sandpiper, Great White Egret and Common Swift. New this month: Grey Heron, Senegal Thick-knee and Willow Warbler.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 10 birds in February
10 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.17% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.52% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.76% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.70% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.44% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.38% in Feb
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb · 0.38% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.25% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.19% in Feb
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