Uncommon Birds in Mozambique
Our list for Mozambique has 43 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 16 summer visitors and 20 passage migrants
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 43, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Sep–May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
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