Birds to See in Eswatini in April
15 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
15 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Barn Swallow, Lesser Striped Swallow, Egyptian Goose and Hoopoe. New this month: Grey Heron, Lanner Falcon and Common Swift.
New in April3
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made