Malawi · Northern Region
Luwawa Forest Lodge
297 species and 3,191 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 100 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops100 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 297 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 297 species recorded here
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris ludovicensis
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Dark Batis Batis crypta
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Olive-flanked Ground Robin Dessonornis anomalus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Luwawa Forest Lodge?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Luwawa Forest Lodge?
297 species, from 3,191 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Luwawa Forest Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Violet-backed Starling, Barn Swallow, Olive Woodpecker and Schalow's Turaco.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.