Bird list in Kasungu National Park

Kasungu national park  is a very rewarding bird watching destination in Malawi located west of Kasungu about 175 kilometers north of Lilongwe extending along the Zambian border, the park covering an area of 2,316 square kilometers is  the second largest national park in Malawi. 

Kasungu national park is one of the important birding areas in Malawi inhabiting a total of 227 bird species including migratory bird species, resident species among others.

Below is the bird checklist in Kasungu national park 

 

ANSERIFORMES (Anatidae)
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
GALLIFORMES (Numididae)
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES (Phasianidae)
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Red-necked Francolin
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
PODICIPEDIFORMES (Podicipedidae)
Little Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES (Columbidae)
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
OTIDIFORMES (Otididae)
Black-bellied Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES (Musophagidae)
Purple-crested Turaco
Gray Go-away-bird
CUCULIFORMES (Cuculidae)
Senegal Coucal
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Caprimulgidae)
Fiery-necked Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm-Swift
GRUIFORMES (Rallidae)
Red-knobbed Coot
GRUIFORMES (Gruidae)
Wattled Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES (Burhinidae)
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES (Recurvirostridae)
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES (Charadriidae)
Blacksmith Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Three-banded Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES (Rostratulidae)
Greater Painted-Snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES (Jacanidae)
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES (Scolopacidae)
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
CHARADRIIFORMES (Glareolidae)
Temminck’s Courser
CHARADRIIFORMES (Laridae)
Gray-hooded Gull
White-winged Tern
CICONIIFORMES (Ciconiidae)
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
SULIFORMES (Anhingidae)
African Darter
SULIFORMES (Phalacrocoracidae)
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES (Scopidae)
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES (Ardeidae)
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
PELECANIFORMES (Threskiornithidae)
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
ACCIPITRIFORMES (Sagittariidae)
Secretarybird
ACCIPITRIFORMES (Pandionidae)
Osprey
ACCIPITRIFORMES (Accipitridae)
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Marsh-Harrier
African Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES (Strigidae)
Cape Eagle-Owl
Marsh Owl
COLIIFORMES (Coliidae)
Speckled Mousebird
BUCEROTIFORMES (Upupidae)
Eurasian Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES (Phoeniculidae)
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
BUCEROTIFORMES (Bucorvidae)
Southern Ground-Hornbill
BUCEROTIFORMES (Bucerotidae)
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES (Alcedinidae)
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES (Meropidae)
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES (Coraciidae)
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
PICIFORMES (Lybiidae)
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Black-collared Barbet
PICIFORMES (Indicatoridae)
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES (Picidae)
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bennett’s Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES (Falconidae)
Rock Kestrel
Dickinson’s Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES (Psittacidae)
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer’s Parrot
PASSERIFORMES (Oriolidae)
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES (Platysteiridae)
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
PASSERIFORMES (Vangidae)
White Helmetshrike
PASSERIFORMES (Malaconotidae)
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Gray-headed Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES (Dicruridae)
Common Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES (Monarchidae)
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES (Laniidae)
Northern Fiscal
PASSERIFORMES(Corvidae)
Pied Crow
PASSERIFORMES (Hyliotidae)
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
PASSERIFORMES (Paridae)
White-winged Black-Tit
Southern Black-Tit
PASSERIFORMES (Remizidae)
African Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES (Alaudidae)
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
PASSERIFORMES (Macrosphenidae)
Cape Crombec
PASSERIFORMES (Cisticolidae)
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Stierling’s Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Rattling Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES (Hirundinidae)
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Montane Blue Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Gray-rumped Swallow
PASSERIFORMES (Pycnonotidae)
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES (Zosteropidae)
African Yellow White-eye
PASSERIFORMES (Leiothrichidae)
Arrow-marked Babbler
PASSERIFORMES (Certhiidae)
African Spotted Creeper
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES (Sturnidae)
Violet-backed Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
PASSERIFORMES (Turdidae)
Kurrichane Thrush
PASSERIFORMES(Muscicapidae)
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
White-browed Robin-Chat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
PASSERIFORMES (Nectariniidae)
Anchieta’s Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Mouse-colored Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES (Ploceidae)
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow Bishop
Red-collared Widowbird
PASSERIFORMES (Estrildidae)
Common Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Bronze Mannikin
PASSERIFORMES (Viduidae)
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
PASSERIFORMES (Passeridae)
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES (Motacillidae)
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Bush Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
PASSERIFORMES (Fringillidae)
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-eared Seedeater
PASSERIFORMES (Emberizidae)
Cabanis’s Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting