Birds to See in Eswatini in March
17 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
17 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, European Bee-eater, Cape Starling and Hoopoe. New this month: African Jacana, Willow Warbler, Marsh Warbler and Hobby.
New in March4
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(9)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
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