Birds to See in Eswatini in July
17 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
17 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Cape Starling, Egyptian Goose, Hoopoe and Cattle Egret. New this month: Lesser Striped Swallow, African Jacana, Magpie Shrike and Moorhen and 2 more.
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly May–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jul–Dec
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
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