Bird AlbumMalawi · Central Region
Kumbali Country Lodge
207 species and 1,875 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 60 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus49 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 207 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dzalanyama Forest Reserve53 km321 species
- Dzalanyama Forest Lodge area55 km306 species
All 207 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Green Barbet Cryptolybia olivacea
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kumbali Country Lodge?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 60 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kumbali Country Lodge?
207 species, from 1,875 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kumbali Country Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Common Bulbul, Fork-tailed Drongo, White-browed Robin-Chat and Speckled Mousebird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.