Birds to See in Eswatini in December
24 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
24 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Cape Starling, European Bee-eater and Southern Masked Weaver. New this month: Little Grebe, Purple Heron and Common Ostrich.
New in December3
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly May–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly May–Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Dec–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Common Ostrich
Struthio camelusLC
Regularly Dec
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