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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mozambique in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitensPassage migrantUncommon25–28 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly May–Nov
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Damara TernSternula balaenarumPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Feb
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