Birds to See in Malawi in December
35 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
35 bird species on our list for Malawi are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Helmeted Guineafowl and Fork-tailed Drongo. New this month: African Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl and Peregrine Falcon.
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Regularly May–Jan
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