Birds to See in Burkina Faso in October
9 bird species on our list for Burkina Faso are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Rose-ringed Parakeet, Cattle Egret, Squacco Heron, Wood Warbler and Lavender Waxbill. New this month: Pied Crow, Grey Heron, Wood Warbler and European Pied Flycatcher and 1 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
Leaving soon
From Burkina Faso’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 9 birds in October
9 birds
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.72% in Oct
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.65% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.29% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusScarceUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
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