Birds to See in Mozambique in September
49 bird species on our list for Mozambique are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Whimbrel and House Sparrow. New this month: Barn Swallow, Ringed Plover, European Bee-eater and Little Tern and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Leaving soon
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.
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All 49 birds in September
49 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.72% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.70% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.18% in Sep
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.07% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Damara TernSternula balaenarumPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitensPassage migrantUncommon25–28 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
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