Malawi · Northern Region
Nyika National Park
351 species and 4,403 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 128 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
Montane WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromius
Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
Plateau LarkCorypha nigrescens
Black-lored CisticolaCisticola nigriloris
Churring CisticolaCisticola njombe
Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Cinnamon Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeus104 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 351 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve53 km332 species
All 351 species recorded here
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris
- Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius
- Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe
- Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps
- Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris ludovicensis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Olive-flanked Ground Robin Dessonornis anomalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Scarlet-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-backed Barbet Pogonornis minor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Dark Batis Batis crypta
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nyika National Park?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 128 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nyika National Park?
351 species, from 4,403 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nyika National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: African Pipit, African Stonechat, White-necked Raven, Montane Widowbird and Blue Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.