eBird Field Checklist
Liwonde National Park
, Southern, MW
ebird.org/hotspot/L1816638
433 species (+7 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
African Black Duck
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Southern Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Livingstone's Turaco
Schalow's Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Green Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
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
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
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
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Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced 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
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina 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
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
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Black-collared Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Honeyguides
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Stierling's Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Reichenow's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Lilian's Lovebird
Brown-necked Parrot
Brown-headed Parrot
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Old World Pittas
African Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Malawi Batis
Cape/Malawi Batis
Chinspot Batis
Pale Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-winged Black-Tit
Southern Black-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Nicators
Eastern Nicator
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Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-throated Apalis
White-winged Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Rufous-winged Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Bush Warblers and Allies
Livingstone's Flycatcher
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Southern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Meves's Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
Kurrichane Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Miombo Scrub-Robin
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Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Collared Palm-Thrush
White-starred Robin
Cholo Alethe
Thrush Nightingale
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Eastern Miombo Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Bertram's Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Forest Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Common Waxbill
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
Vidua sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Citril
Brimstone Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
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