Common Birds in Mozambique
Our list for Mozambique has 28 common birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents and 8 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mozambique in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Lesser Striped Swallow 15–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- European Bee-eater 27–29 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Squacco Heron 40–49 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Glossy Ibis 48–66 cm
- Helmeted Guineafowl 53–63 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Purple Heron 78–90 cm
- Great Cormorant 80–100 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
- Spur-winged Goose 75–115 cm
- Greater Flamingo 120–145 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