Malawi · Southern Region
Liwonde National Park
436 species and 13,908 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and September–November, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Great EgretArdea alba
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Liwonde National Park – Mvuu9 km423 species
- Zomba Plateau50 km242 species
All 436 species recorded here
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Thyolo Alethe Chamaetylas choloensis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- 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 Liwonde National Park?
February and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Liwonde National Park?
436 species, from 13,908 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Liwonde National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Meves's Starling, Lilac-breasted Roller, African Fish Eagle, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.