Birds to See in Eswatini in January
22 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
22 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Cape Starling, Lesser Striped Swallow and European Bee-eater. New this month: Common Sandpiper, House Martin, Rock Dove and Glossy Ibis.
New in January4
Leaving after last month6
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
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
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
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(4)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