Birds in Eswatini

48 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Eswatini has 48 bird species recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 8 summer visitors, 21 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 41,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Eswatini in September

19 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 19 birds in September

Arriving in September: Spur-winged Goose, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Rock Dove, Little Stint.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Eswatini each month: most in November (30), fewest in June (11). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Willow Warbler
Willow WarblerSmallest · 11cm
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Common Ostrich
Common OstrichLargest · 275cm
From the Willow Warbler (11 cm) to the Common Ostrich (275 cm)29 families

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All 48 birds on the list

Showing 47–48 of 48 species

Secretarybird

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentariusEN

ScarceUncommon
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Alpine Swift

Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melbaLC

ScarceRare
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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

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