Birds to See in Rwanda in March
49 bird species on our list for Rwanda are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Lesser Striped Swallow, European Bee-eater and Fork-tailed Drongo. New this month: Hobby, Greenshank, European Honey-buzzard and Osprey and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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 49 birds in March
49 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.19% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantRare34–58 cmRegularly Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in 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