Uncommon Birds in Rwanda
Our list for Rwanda has 37 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 11 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 37, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentUncommon53–63 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–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