Rare Birds in Rwanda
Our list for Rwanda has 15 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 7 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rwanda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceRare25–27 cm
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantRare29–37 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaScarceRare33–39 cm
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaScarceRare20–23 cm
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceRare14–16 cm
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantRare34–58 cmRegularly Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Dec
ShoebillBalaeniceps rexScarceRare110–140 cm
WheatearOenanthe oenantheScarceRare15–16 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- House Martin 13–15 cm
- Blackcap 13–15 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Alpine Swift 20–23 cm
- White-winged Tern 20–27 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Nightjar 24–28 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Shoebill 110–140 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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