Birds to See in Mozambique in July
34 bird species on our list for Mozambique are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, House Sparrow, Cattle Egret and Little Egret. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Fulvous Whistling-Duck and Eurasian Bittern.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
From Mozambique’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 34 birds in July
34 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitensPassage migrantUncommon25–28 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Jul
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.03% in Jul
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
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