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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Rwanda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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