Birds to See in Rwanda in December
49 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
49 bird species on our list for Rwanda are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Cattle Egret and Spur-winged Goose. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Sedge Warbler, Rock Dove and Nightjar and 1 more.
New in December5
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Dec
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Dec
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
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