Eswatini

What is recorded in Eswatini

Species

1,130

Grid cells

2,656

Records

177,277

Years covered

1980-2026

• Insects 649
• Birds 333
• Reptiles 53
• Bony fish 37
• Amphibians 33
• Mammals 25

These are species with at least one recorded territory in Eswatini, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.

Most recorded here

The species with the most open occurrence records in Eswatini, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Sombre Greenbul

Andropadus importunus

3,719 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

3,267 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Kurrichane Thrush

Turdus libonyana

3,182 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

2,969 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Gorgeous Bushshrike

Telophorus viridis

2,537 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

2,345 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Apalis flavida

2,336 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

2,333 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

White-browed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia leucophrys

2,224 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

2,204 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

2,126 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

2,055 records