Birds to See in Timor-Leste in December
16 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
16 bird species on our list for Timor-Leste are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Wood Sandpiper and Greenshank.
New in December
No new arrivals this month.
Residents
(4)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Jan
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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