Birds to See in Malawi in September
30 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Malawi are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Great White Egret, Hoopoe and Grey Heron. New this month: European Bee-eater, Barn Swallow, Wood Sandpiper and Greenshank and 5 more.
New in September9
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(14)Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
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
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly May–Jan
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Regularly May–Jan
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
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