Birds to See in Rwanda in February
43 bird species on our list for Rwanda are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, Grey Heron and Lesser Striped Swallow. New this month: Little Bittern, Lanner Falcon, Crowned Eagle and Rock Dove and 1 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
From Rwanda’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 43 birds in February
43 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Feb
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.14% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantRare31–34 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.03% in 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