Birds to See in Rwanda in September
40 bird species on our list for Rwanda are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Grey Heron, Fork-tailed Drongo, European Bee-eater and Common Sandpiper. New this month: European Bee-eater, Willow Warbler, Buzzard and Spotted Flycatcher and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 40 birds in September
40 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Sep
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.16% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
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