Birds of Eswatini

• Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
• Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
• Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
• Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
• Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
• Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
• Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
• Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
• Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
• Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
• Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Southern FiscalLanius collaris
• Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
• Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
• Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
• White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
• Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Southern Black TitMelaniparus niger
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
• Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
• Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
• African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
• Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
• Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
• Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
• Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
• Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
• African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
• Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
• Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
• Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
• Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
• White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
• Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
• Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
• Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
• Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
• Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
• Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
• African Green PigeonTreron calvus
• Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
• BrubruNilaus afer
• White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
• Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
• Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
• Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
• Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
• White-backed VultureGyps africanus
• White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
• Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
• Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
• Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
• African JacanaActophilornis africanus
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
• Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
• NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
• Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
• Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
• White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
• Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
• Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
• Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
• Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
• Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus
• Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
• Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
• Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
• Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
• Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
• Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
• Southern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
• Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus afer
• Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
• Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
• Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
• Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
• Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
• Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
• African DarterAnhinga rufa
• Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
• Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
• Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
• Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
• Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
• Buff-streaked ChatCampicoloides bifasciatus
• White-throated Robin-ChatDessonornis humeralis
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
• Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
• Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
• Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
• African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
• Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
• Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
• BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
• White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
• Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
• African Black DuckAnas sparsa
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
• Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
• Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
• Southern Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
• Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
• QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
• White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
• Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
• Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
• Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
• BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
• Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
• Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
• Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
• Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
• Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
• Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
• Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
• Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
• Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
• Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
• Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
• Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
• Cape BatisBatis capensis
• Shelley's FrancolinScleroptila shelleyi
• Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
• Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
• Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
• Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
• Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
• Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
• Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
• Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
• Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corusca
• Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
• Cape Rock ThrushMonticola rupestris
• Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
• Rudd's ApalisApalis ruddi
• Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
• Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
• Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
• Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
• Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
• Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
• Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
• African CuckooCuculus gularis
• Olive BushshrikeChlorophoneus olivaceus
• Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroa
• African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
• Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
• Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
• Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris
• Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
• Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
• Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
• Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
• Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
• Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
• Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
• Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
• African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
• Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
• Cape CrowCorvus capensis
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
• Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa
• African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
• Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
• African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
• Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
• Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
• Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
• Amur FalconFalco amurensis
• Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
• Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
• Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
• Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
• Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
• SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
• White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
• Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
• Bearded Scrub RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata
• Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
• Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Grey SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• African Black SwiftApus barbatus
• Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
• Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
• Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
• Horus SwiftApus horus
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
• Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
• Common OstrichStruthio camelus
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Common BuzzardButeo buteo
• Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
• Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
• Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
• Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
• Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola
• Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
• African FinfootPodica senegalensis
• Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
• African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
• Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus
• Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
• Fan-tailed GrassbirdCatriscus brevirostris
• Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
• Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
• African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
• Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
• Blue CraneGrus paradisea
• White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• Blue-mantled Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelas
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
• Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• Purple RollerCoracias naevius
• Marsh OwlAsio capensis
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
• Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
• African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
• Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
• Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
• Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii
• Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
• Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
• African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
• Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
• African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
• Gurney's SugarbirdPromerops gurneyi
• Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
• Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
• Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
• Nicholson's PipitAnthus nicholsoni
• Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
• Forest CanaryCrithagra scotops
• White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
• White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
• Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
• Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
• Grey WaxbillGlaucestrilda perreini
• Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
• Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• African RailRallus caerulescens
• Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
• Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens
• Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
• Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
• Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
• Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
• Southern TchagraTchagra tchagra
• White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
• Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
• Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
• Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
• Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
• Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Yellow-throated Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus ruficapilla
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
• Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
• Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
• Black CoucalCentropus grillii
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• Cape TealAnas capensis
• Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
• Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
• White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
• Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
• Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix
• Grey CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius
• Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
• African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
• Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
• Sentinel Rock ThrushMonticola explorator
• Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
• Bush BlackcapSylvia nigricapillus
• Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus
• Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
• Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinis
• Corn CrakeCrex crex
• African Grass OwlTyto capensis
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
• Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
• Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
• Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
• Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
• South African ShelduckTadorna cana
• Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
• Brown Scrub RobinTychaedon signata
• Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquata
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
• Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
• Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus