Malawi · Central Region
Dzalanyama Forest Lodge area
306 species and 4,638 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 117 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina55 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 306 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dzalanyama Forest Reserve13 km321 species
- Kumbali Country Lodge55 km207 species
All 306 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris ludovicensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dzalanyama Forest Lodge area?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 117 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dzalanyama Forest Lodge area?
306 species, from 4,638 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dzalanyama Forest Lodge area in November?
The most recorded in November: Kurrichane Thrush, Ring-necked Dove, African Paradise Flycatcher, Red-chested Cuckoo and Violet-backed Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.