Birds to See in Malawi in November
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.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Malawi’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 43 birds in November
43 birds
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.04% in Nov
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.45% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.33% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.29% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.27% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.24% in Nov
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.23% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.19% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.16% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Nov
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.13% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
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