Uncommon Birds in Burkina Faso
Our list for Burkina Faso has 13 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Burkina Faso in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Sep
Common SwiftApus apusScarceUncommon16–17 cm
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceUncommon80–104 cm
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorScarceUncommon17–19 cm
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusScarceUncommon48–56 cm
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusScarceUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisScarceUncommon53–63 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Common Swift 16–17 cm
- Woodchat Shrike 17–19 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Lanner Falcon 43–50 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Helmeted Guineafowl 53–63 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 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