Birds to See in Rwanda in January
44 bird species on our list for Rwanda are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Spur-winged Goose, Cattle Egret and Barn Swallow. New this month: Hobby, Cuckoo and White-winged Tern.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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 44 birds in January
44 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.66% in Jan
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.14% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
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