Bird AlbumMalawi · Central Region
Dzalanyama Forest Reserve
321 species and 4,937 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and November, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelli
Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dzalanyama Forest Lodge area13 km306 species
- Kumbali Country Lodge53 km207 species
All 321 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dzalanyama Forest Reserve?
August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dzalanyama Forest Reserve?
321 species, from 4,937 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dzalanyama Forest Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Violet-backed Starling, African Paradise Flycatcher, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Kurrichane Thrush and African Golden Oriole.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.