Bird AlbumMalawi · Southern Region
Majete Game Reserve
318 species and 4,680 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mt. Thyolo – Satemwa Tea Estate47 km227 species
- Lengwe National Park49 km275 species
All 318 species recorded here
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Majete Game Reserve?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Majete Game Reserve?
318 species, from 4,680 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Majete Game Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Fork-tailed Drongo, Common Hoopoe, Little Bee-eater, White-backed Vulture and European Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.