Birds to See in Eswatini in November
30 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Eswatini are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Lesser Striped Swallow, Egyptian Goose, Cattle Egret and Fork-tailed Drongo. New this month: Buzzard, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher and House Martin and 4 more.
New in November8
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
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
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly May–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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