Birds to See in Sudan in January
12 bird species on our list for Sudan are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Little Egret, Blue-naped Mousebird, Cattle Egret and Great White Egret. New this month: Blue-naped Mousebird, Grey Heron, Great White Egret and Rock Dove and 4 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
Leaving soon
From Sudan’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 12 birds in January
12 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 3.99% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 2.00% in Jan
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusPassage migrantCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.66% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.66% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.66% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.50% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 1.50% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.33% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.33% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan · 1.16% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.83% in Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusPassage migrantCommon46–52 cmRegularly Jan · 0.50% in Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–18 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Blue-naped Mousebird 33–36 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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