Bird AlbumMalawi · Southern Region
Mt. Thyolo – Satemwa Tea Estate
227 species and 2,404 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and November, with up to 72 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
Southern CitrilCrithagra hyposticta
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura72 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 227 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lengwe National Park39 km275 species
- Majete Game Reserve47 km318 species
All 227 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- Thyolo Alethe Chamaetylas choloensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Green Barbet Cryptolybia olivacea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mt. Thyolo – Satemwa Tea Estate?
May and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 72 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mt. Thyolo – Satemwa Tea Estate?
227 species, from 2,404 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mt. Thyolo – Satemwa Tea Estate in November?
The most recorded in November: Livingstone's Turaco, Common Bulbul, Collared Sunbird, Little Greenbul 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.