Birds of Eswatini
434 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatusMost recorded
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatalaHotspots with the most records
- Mbuluzi Game ReserveLubombo Region297 species
- Mlilwane Wildlife SanctuaryManzini Region318 species
- Malolotja Nature ReserveHhohho Region281 species
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research CenterLubombo Region260 species
- Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu CampLubombo Region268 species
- Mlawula NRLubombo Region215 species
- Hlane Royal NPLubombo Region256 species
- Royal Jozini Game ReserveShiselweni Region227 species
- Hawane ReservoirHhohho Region140 species
- Mkhaya Game ReserveLubombo Region204 species
All species recorded · 434
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris