Birds to See in Eswatini in August
16 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
16 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Egyptian Goose, Cattle Egret, Lesser Striped Swallow and Cape Starling. New this month: Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Lanner Falcon and Barn Owl.
New in August4
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year

Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year

Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly May–Mar

Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year

Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year

Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly May–Mar

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterPassage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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





