Uncommon Birds in Malawi
Our list for Malawi has 37 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 summer visitors, 25 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Malawi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusPassage migrantUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusPassage migrantUncommon44–52 cmRegularly May–Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceUncommon14–16 cm
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