Malawi

What is recorded in Malawi

Species

1,300

Grid cells

3,492

Records

90,020

Years covered

1980-2026

• Insects 516
• Birds 416
• Bony fish 149
• Mammals 92
• Reptiles 76
• Amphibians 51

These are species with at least one recorded territory in Malawi, 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 Malawi, 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

Southern Brown-throated Weaver

Ploceus xanthopterus

2,312 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Blue Waxbill

Uraeginthus angolensis

1,782 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

1,484 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

1,327 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

1,131 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

1,117 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

African Yellow White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis

1,036 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Olive Sunbird

Cyanomitra olivacea

1,008 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

1,007 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

1,003 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

955 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Collared Palm Thrush

Cichladusa arquata

949 records