Birds to See in Eswatini in March
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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Eswatini’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 17 birds in March
17 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.45% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.35% in Mar
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitensResidentCommon25–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.67% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusSummer visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.47% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar · 0.41% in Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Willow Warbler 11–13 cm
- Marsh Warbler 13–14 cm
- Southern Masked Weaver 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Lesser Striped Swallow 15–19 cm
- Red-backed Shrike 16–18 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Fork-tailed Drongo 23–26 cm
- Cape Starling 25–28 cm
- African Jacana 23–31 cm
- European Bee-eater 27–29 cm
- Hoopoe 25–32 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Helmeted Guineafowl 53–63 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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