Uncommon Birds in Tanzania
Our list for Tanzania has 65 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 33 residents and 32 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Tanzania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 65, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
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