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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve

Located in the Malawi area, Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Ring-necked Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Water Thick-knee in the area.

283
All-Time Species
64
Sightings (14 days)
Central
Region
Malawi
Country

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Oct 9, 2026
3
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Oct 9, 2026
1
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Oct 9, 2026
2
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Oct 9, 2026
2
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Oct 9, 2026
1
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Oct 9, 2026
1
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Oct 9, 2026
2
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Oct 9, 2026
1
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Oct 9, 2026
2
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Oct 9, 2026
1
Oct 9, 2026
1
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Oct 9, 2026
1
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Oct 9, 2026
3
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Oct 9, 2026
12
Oct 8, 2026
1
Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
Oct 8, 2026
1
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Oct 8, 2026
1
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
Oct 8, 2026
1
Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
Oct 8, 2026
1
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Oct 8, 2026
4
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Oct 8, 2026
2
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Oct 8, 2026
3
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Oct 8, 2026
6
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Oct 8, 2026
1
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Oct 8, 2026
1
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Oct 8, 2026
2
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Oct 8, 2026
1
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Oct 8, 2026
1
Böhm's Bee-eaterMerops boehmi
Oct 8, 2026
1
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Oct 8, 2026
5
Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
Oct 8, 2026
1
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Oct 8, 2026
1
Collared Palm-ThrushCichladusa arquata
Oct 8, 2026
1
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
Oct 7, 2026
1
Southern Ground-HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
Oct 7, 2026
5
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Oct 7, 2026
2
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Oct 7, 2026
1
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
Oct 7, 2026
1
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
Oct 7, 2026
1
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Oct 7, 2026
1
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Oct 7, 2026
1
African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
Oct 7, 2026
1
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Oct 7, 2026
1
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Oct 7, 2026
1
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Oct 7, 2026
1
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Oct 7, 2026
4
Bearded Scrub-RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata
Oct 7, 2026
1
White-browed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
Oct 7, 2026
1
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Oct 7, 2026
1
Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyi
Oct 7, 2026
1
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Oct 7, 2026
1
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Oct 7, 2026
1
Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Oct 7, 2026
1
Oct 7, 2026
7
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Oct 7, 2026
1
Oct 7, 2026
3
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
Oct 7, 2026
5

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