Birds to See in Mozambique in December
62 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
62 bird species on our list for Mozambique are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Pied Crow, House Sparrow, Little Egret and Whimbrel. New this month: Little Bittern, Yellow Wagtail and Fulvous Whistling-Duck.
New in December3
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(27)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Regularly Nov–Jun
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Dec–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
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