Rare Birds in Tanzania
Our list for Tanzania has 31 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 12 summer visitors, 12 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tanzania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorRare25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Dec
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
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