Rare Birds in Mozambique
Our list for Mozambique has 9 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mozambique in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusScarceRare24–28 cm
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusScarceRare35–50 cm
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceRare33–42 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusScarceRare52–64 cmRegularly Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinScarceRare14–15 cm
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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