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
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 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