Bird AlbumEswatini · Lubombo Region
Mlawula NR
215 species and 2,627 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 81 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research Center8 km260 species
- Mbuluzi Game Reserve10 km297 species
- Hlane Royal NP13 km256 species
- Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp14 km268 species
- Salinas Zacharia51 km135 species
- Mkhaya Game Reserve52 km204 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mlawula NR?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 81 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mlawula NR?
215 species, from 2,627 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mlawula NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Fork-tailed Drongo, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Kurrichane Thrush, Red-eyed Dove and Common Hoopoe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.