Birds to See in Malawi in April
24 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
24 bird species on our list for Malawi are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Pied Crow, Egyptian Goose, Cattle Egret and Helmeted Guineafowl. New this month: Spur-winged Goose, Squacco Heron, Osprey and Crowned Eagle and 2 more.
Residents
(13)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(4)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