Bird AlbumMalawi · Southern Region
Lengwe National Park
275 species and 2,249 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 85 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambicaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mt. Thyolo – Satemwa Tea Estate39 km227 species
- Majete Game Reserve49 km318 species
All 275 species recorded here
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lengwe National Park?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 85 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lengwe National Park?
275 species, from 2,249 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lengwe National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Blue-eared Starling, Red-billed Firefinch, Lesser Masked Weaver, Southern Red Bishop and Emerald-spotted Wood Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.