Uncommon Birds in Eswatini
Our list for Eswatini has 28 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 19 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Eswatini in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 cm
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantUncommon210–275 cmRegularly Dec
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusScarceUncommon44–52 cm
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusScarceUncommon112–150 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Marsh Warbler 13–14 cm
- Common Reed-warbler 13–14 cm
- House Martin 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Common Swift 16–17 cm
- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Lanner Falcon 43–50 cm
- African Marsh Harrier 44–52 cm
- Glossy Ibis 48–66 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 cm
- Crowned Eagle 80–99 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Secretarybird 112–150 cm
- Common Ostrich 210–275 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