Checklist for Malawi

eBird Field Checklist

Malawi

ebird.org/gbbc/region/MW

625 species (+50 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Southern Pochard

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Southern Crested Guineafowl

Wild Turkey

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Whyte's Francolin

Shelley's/Whyte's Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

old world quail sp.

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Swainson's Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

pigeon/dove sp.

Sandgrouse

Double-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Denham's Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Livingstone's Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Gray Go-away-bird

turaco sp.

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

Coppery-tailed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

coucal sp.

Green Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus sp.

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail

Bat-like Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Striped Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Striped Crake

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Wattled Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

White-crowned Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Great Snipe

African Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Temminck's Courser

Rock Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

tern sp.

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Rufous-bellied Heron

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

African Grass-Owl

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Cape Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pel's Fishing-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Barred Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Pale-billed Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus sp.

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Böhm's Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Racket-tailed Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Green Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Whyte's Barbet

Green Tinkerbird

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Miombo Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Black-backed Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Pallid Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Stierling's Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker

Reichenow's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Taita Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Lilian's Lovebird

Brown-necked Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Brown-headed Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Old World Pittas

African Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

Green-headed Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Dark Batis

Malawi Batis

Cape/Malawi Batis

Chinspot Batis

Pale Batis

batis sp.

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Fülleborn's Boubou

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Olive Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Four-colored Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Magpie Shrike

Northern Fiscal

Southern Fiscal

Northern/Southern Fiscal (Common Fiscal)

Souza's Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Southern Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-winged Black-Tit

Rufous-bellied Tit

Southern Black-Tit

Miombo Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Red-capped Lark

Nicators

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Red-capped Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Cape Crombec

crombec sp.

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

Burnt-neck Eremomela

Miombo Wren-Warbler

Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-throated Apalis

White-winged Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Chapin's Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Brown-headed Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Red-winged Prinia

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Trilling Cisticola

Black-lored Cisticola

Rock-loving Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Tinkling Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Churring Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Rufous-winged Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

sawwing sp.

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Montane Blue Swallow

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Barn Swallow

Angola Swallow

White-throated Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Greater Striped Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Shelley's Greenbul

Black-browed Mountain Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Livingstone's Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

African Hill Babbler

Brown Parisoma

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Southern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Mountain Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Arrow-marked Babbler

Treecreepers

African Spotted Creeper

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Waller's Starling

Babbling Starling

Meves's Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Spotted Ground-Thrush

Orange Ground-Thrush

Groundscraper Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Olive Thrush

thrush sp.

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Böhm's Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Miombo Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Olive-flanked Robin-Chat

Cape Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Collared Palm-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Cholo Alethe

White-chested Alethe

Sharpe's Akalat

East Coast Akalat

Thrush Nightingale

Collared Flycatcher

Miombo Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Arnot's Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Boulder Chat

Dapple-throats

Spot-throat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Anchieta's Sunbird

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Mouse-colored Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Western Miombo Sunbird

Eastern Miombo Sunbird

Western/Eastern Miombo Sunbird

Montane Double-collared Sunbird

Forest Double-collared Sunbird

Shelley's Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

Cinnyris sp.

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Bertram's Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Southern Brown-throated Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Forest Weaver

Olive-headed Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Cardinal Quelea

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Buff-shouldered Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Green-backed Twinspot

Red-faced Crimsonwing

Black-tailed Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Locustfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Southern Cordonbleu

Lesser Seedcracker

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

firefinch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Village Indigobird

Variable Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

Green Indigobird

Vidua sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Passer sp.

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Woodland Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Bush Pipit

pipit sp.

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Oriole Finch

Yellow-fronted Canary

Southern Citril

Lemon-breasted Seedeater

Brimstone Canary

Yellow-browed Seedeater

Black-eared Seedeater

Reichard's Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Serinus sp.

Old World Buntings

Cabanis's Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cape Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.