Birds to See in Mozambique in October
52 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
52 bird species on our list for Mozambique are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, House Sparrow, Little Egret, Grey Heron and Lesser Striped Swallow. New this month: Buzzard, Sand Martin, Spotted Flycatcher and House Martin and 1 more.
Leaving after last month2
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
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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