Birds to See in Malawi in March
25 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
25 bird species on our list for Malawi are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, European Bee-eater, House Sparrow and Southern Masked Weaver. New this month: Great Cormorant, Rock Dove and Cuckoo.
New in March3
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(12)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
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