Birds to See in Malawi in October
45 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
45 bird species on our list for Malawi are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Hoopoe, Great White Egret and Helmeted Guineafowl. New this month: Willow Warbler, Common Swift, Buzzard and Lanner Falcon and 12 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
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
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
(10)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
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly May–Jan
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Oct
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Oct
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