Birds to See in Malawi in November
43 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 bird species on our list for Malawi are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are European Bee-eater, Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Common Sandpiper and Barn Swallow. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Garden Warbler and Hobby and 3 more.
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinicaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Winter visitors
(1)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly May–Jan
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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