Bird List for Swaziland

Based on Ara Monadjem’s Bird Checklist of Swaziland
Roberts #Common NameScientific NameSheba's Breast Trail & Lidwala LodgeNests found in Lidwala gardensSavanna Research Camp Mbuluzi Reserve
1Common OstrichStruthio camelus
188Coqui FrancolinPeliperdix coqui
189Crested FrancolinDendroperdix sephaenaX
192Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
191Shelley's FrancolinScleroptila shelleyi
196Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensisX
198Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
199Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
200Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
201Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
202Blue QuailCoturnix adansonii
204Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
203Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisX
100Fulvous DuckDendrocygna bicolor
99White-faced DuckDendrocygna viduata
101White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
117Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
102Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
116Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
115Comb DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
114African Pygmy-GooseNettapus auritus
106Cape TealAnas capensis
105African Black DuckAnas sparsa
104Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
112Cape ShovelerAnas smithii
108Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
107Hottentot TealAnas hottentota
113Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
205Kurrichane ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
475Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
474Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicatorX
476Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
478Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
489Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
481Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
483Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoniX
480Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus
486Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
487Bearded WoodpeckerDendropicos namaquus
488Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalusX
466White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
471Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatusX
470Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
469Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillusX
465Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
464Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatusX
473Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantiiX
458Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
459Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
460Crowned HornbillTockus alboterminatus
457African Grey HornbillTockus nasutus
455Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
463Southern Ground-HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
451African HoopoeUpupa africanaX
452Green Wood-HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
454Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
427Narina TrogonApaloderma narinaX
446European RollerCoracias garrulus
447Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
449Purple RollerCoracias naevius
450Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
430Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
431Malachite KingfisherAlcedo cristata
432African Pygmy-KingfisherIspidina pictaX
436Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
433Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
435Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventrisX
437Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
429Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maximus
428Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
443White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoidesX
444Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillusX
445Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
440Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
438European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterX
441Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
424Speckled MousebirdColius striatusX
426Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
382Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
381Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
380Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
383Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
377Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitariusX
378Black CuckooCuculus clamosusX
374Common CuckooCuculus canorus
375African CuckooCuculus gularis
385Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaasX
384African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreusX
386Diderick CuckooChrysococcyx capriusX
388Black CoucalCentropus grillii
391Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchelliiX
363Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
421African Palm-SwiftCypsiurus parvusX
418Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
411Common SwiftApus apus
412African Black SwiftApus barbatus
417Little SwiftApus affinisX
416Horus SwiftApus horus
415White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii
370Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix
371Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophusXN
373Grey Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor
392Barn OwlTyto alba
393African Grass-OwlTyto capensis
396African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis
397Southern White-faced Scops-OwlPtilopsis granti
400Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
401Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
402Verreaux's Eagle-OwlBubo lacteus
403Pel's Fishing-OwlScotopelia peli
394African Wood-OwlStrix woodfordiiX
398Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
399African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
395Marsh OwlAsio capensis
405Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralisX
408Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigmaX
409Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
404European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
410Pennant-winged NightjarMacrodipteryx vexillarius
348Rock DoveColumba livia
349Speckled PigeonColumba guineaX
350African Olive-PigeonColumba arquatrix
360Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
355Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
354Cape Turtle-DoveStreptopelia capicolaX
352Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquataX
358Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
359Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistriaX
356Namaqua DoveOena capensis
361African Green-PigeonTreron calvus
230Kori BustardArdeotis kori
231Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
237Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
233White-bellied KorhaanEupodotis senegalensis
238Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
209Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
208Blue CraneAnthropoides paradiseus
207Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatus
229African FinfootPodica senegalensis
218Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegansX
217Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
221Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinis
210African RailRallus caerulescens
212African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
211Corn CrakeCrex crex
213Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostris
215Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
223African Purple SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
224Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
226Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
227Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
228Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
286African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
269Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
270Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
265Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
266Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
263Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
264Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
262Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
281SanderlingCalidris alba
274Little StintCalidris minuta
272Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
284RuffPhilomachus pugnax
242Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
240African JacanaActophilornis africanus
241Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
298Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
297Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
295Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
294Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
254Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
245Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
248Kittlitz's PloverCharadrius pecuarius
249Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
246White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus
252Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
258Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
260African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
256Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
257Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
255Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
303Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
300Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
304Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
315Grey-headed GullLarus cirrocephalus
322Caspian TernSterna caspia
332Sooty TernSterna fuscata
338Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
339White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
170OspreyPandion haliaetus
128African Cuckoo HawkAviceda cuculoides
130European Honey-BuzzardPernis apivorus
127Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleusX
126Black KiteMilvus migrans
148African Fish-EagleHaliaeetus vociferX
121Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
123White-backed VultureGyps africanus
122Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
124Lappet-faced VultureAegypius tracheliotus
125White-headed VultureAegypius occipitalis
143Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis
142Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus
146BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
165African Marsh-HarrierCircus ranivorus
168Black HarrierCircus maurus
166Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
169African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typusX
154Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
163Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
161Gabar GoshawkMelierax gabar
160African GoshawkAccipiter tachiroX
159ShikraAccipiter badius
157Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus
156Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
155Rufous-chested SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
158Black SparrowhawkAccipiter melanoleucus
149Steppe BuzzardButeo vulpinus
150Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus
152Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscusX
133Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
132Tawny EagleAquila rapax
134Lesser Spotted EagleAquila pomarina
131Verreauxs' EagleAquila verreauxiiX
137African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
138Ayres's Hawk-EagleAquila ayresii
136Booted EagleAquila pennatus
135Wahlberg's EagleAquila wahlbergiX
140Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
139Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalisX
141African Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusX
118SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
183Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
181Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
179Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
180Amur FalconFalco amurensis
173Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
172Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusX
171Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
8Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
6Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
7Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
60African DarterAnhinga rufa
58Reed CormorantPhalacrocorax africanus
55White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus
69Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
67Little EgretEgretta garzetta
68Yellow-billed EgretEgretta intermedia
66Great EgretEgretta alba
62Grey HeronArdea cinerea
63Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
64Goliath HeronArdea goliath
65Purple HeronArdea purpurea
71Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisX
72Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
75Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
74Green-backed HeronButorides striata
76Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
77White-backed Night-HeronGorsachius leuconotus
78Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
79Dwarf BitternIxobrychus sturmii
81HamerkopScopus umbretta
96Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
97Lesser FlamingoPhoenicopterus minor
93Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
94Hadeda IbisBostrychia hagedashXN
92Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
91African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
95African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
49Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
50Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
90Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
87African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
84Black StorkCiconia nigra
85Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
86Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
83White StorkCiconia ciconia
88Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
89Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumeniferus
490African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
543Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
545Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatusX
542Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigiiX
541Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisXN
708Blue-mantled Crested-FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelasX
710African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridisXN
741BrubruNilaus afer
740Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cublaX
744Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalusX
743Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
742Southern TchagraTchagra tchagra
736Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineusX
746BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
748Orange-breasted Bush-ShrikeTelophorus sulfureopectus
750Olive Bush-ShrikeTelophorus olivaceus
747Gorgeous Bush-ShrikeTelophorus viridisX
751Grey-headed Bush-ShrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
753White-crested Helmet-ShrikePrionops plumatusX
754Retz's Helmet-ShrikePrionops retzii
700Cape BatisBatis capensisX
701Chinspot BatisBatis molitorX
705Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
547Cape CrowCorvus capensisX
548Pied CrowCorvus albusX
550White-necked RavenCorvus albicollisX
733Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
731Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
732Common FiscalLanius collaris
735Magpie ShrikeCorvinella melanoleuca
539White-breasted CuckooshrikeCoracina pectoralis
540Grey CuckooshrikeCoracina caesia
538Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
558Grey Penduline-TitAnthoscopus caroli
554Southern Black TitParus nigerX
532Sand MartinRiparia riparia
533Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
534Banded MartinRiparia cincta
531Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
518Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
520White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
522Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
521Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
526Greater Striped SwallowHirundo cucullata
527Lesser Striped SwallowHirundo abyssinicaX
524Red-breasted SwallowHirundo semirufa
529Rock MartinHirundo fuligula
530Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum
536Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne holomelaenaX
568Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolorX
572Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunusX
574Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
569Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
570Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
575Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
706Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
661Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus aferX
651Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
653Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
655Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
656Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
642Broad-tailed WarblerSchoenicola brevirostris
638Little Rush-WarblerBradypterus baboecala
634Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
631African Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus baeticatus
633Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
628Great Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
635Lesser Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
625Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
637Dark-capped Yellow WarblerChloropeta natalensis
644Yellow-throated Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus ruficapilla
643Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
560Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
565Bush BlackcapLioptilus nigricapillusX
621Chestnut-vented Tit-BabblerParisoma subcaeruleum
619Garden WarblerSylvia borin
620Common WhitethroatSylvia communis
796Cape White-eyeZosterops virensX
674Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
679Lazy CisticolaCisticola aberrans
672Rattling CisticolaCisticola chinianaX
670Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
677Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
678Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
681NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
664Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
665Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
666Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
667Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
683Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflavaX
Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
645Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracicaX
648Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
649Rudd's ApalisApalis ruddi
657Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraX
659Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
494Rufous-naped LarkMirafra africana
496Flappet LarkMirafra rufocinnamomea
498Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
505Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquata
515Chestnut-backed SparrowlarkEremopterix leucotis
507Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
581Cape Rock-ThrushMonticola rupestrisX
582Sentinel Rock-ThrushMonticola explorator
579Orange Ground-ThrushZoothera gurneyi
580Groundscraper ThrushPsophocichla litsitsirupaX
576Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyanusX
577Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
696Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
694Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelainaX
698Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
689Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
690African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adustaX
691Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescensX
693Grey Tit-FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
606White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
601Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffraX
602White-throated Robin-ChatCossypha humeralis
599White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heugliniX
600Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensisX
598Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroaX
617Bearded Scrub-RobinCercotrichas quadrivirgata
616Brown Scrub-RobinCercotrichas signata
613White-browed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrysX
596African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
588Buff-streaked ChatOenanthe bifasciataX
586Mountain WheatearOenanthe monticola
587Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
589Familiar ChatCercomela familiaris
595Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
593Mocking Cliff-ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
769Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morioX
768Black-bellied StarlingLamprotornis corruscus
764Cape Glossy StarlingLamprotornis nitens
762Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
761Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogasterX
759Pied StarlingSpreo bicolor
760Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
758Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
771Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
772Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
790Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
789Grey SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii
792Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystinaX
791Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
775Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosaX
793Collared SunbirdHedydipna collarisXN
783Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeusX
785Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
787White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatalaX
779Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
780Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
774Gurney's SugarbirdPromerops gurneyi
798Red-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis niger
815Lesser Masked-WeaverPloceus intermedius
810Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularisX
813Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
817Yellow WeaverPloceus subaureus
816Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
818Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
814Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus
811Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
808Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
819Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes melanotis
821Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
826Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
824Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
827Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
828Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
829White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
831Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
832Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progneX
807Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
854Orange-breasted WaxbillSporaeginthus subflavus
852African QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
850Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotisX
835Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
848Grey WaxbillEstrilda perreini
846Common WaxbillEstrilda astrildX
844Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
838Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus
834Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
842Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
840African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricataX
841Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
857Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullatusXN
858Red-backed MannikinSpermestes bicolor
860Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macrouraX
862Long-tailed Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaea
867Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
864Dusky IndigobirdVidua funereaX
820Cuckoo FinchAnomalospiza imberbis
801House SparrowPasser domesticusX
803Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
804Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffususX
805Yellow-throated PetroniaPetronia superciliaris
711African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimpX
713Cape WagtailMotacilla capensisX
714Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
712Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
728Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
727Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
720Striped PipitAnthus lineiventrisX
716African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
718Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
719Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
717Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
724Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus
723Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
872Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
869Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambicusX
873Forest CanaryCrithagra scotops
877Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphuratus
881Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
887Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
886Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
885Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
884Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventrisX