Mndandanda wa viyuni vyamu Malaŵi

Uwu ni mdauko wa viyuni ivyo vikusangika mu Malaŵi. Viyuni vya ku Malawi vili na mitundu 683, ndipo mitundu yiŵiri ya viyuni ivi ŵanthu ndiwo ŵali kwiza navyo.

Pa ndondomeko iyi, mazina gha viyuni (mazina na ndondomeko ya viyuni, mbumba na vyamoyo) na mazina (mazina ghakumanyikwa na gha sayansi) ghakulondezga ndondomeko ya The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. Nkhani za mbumba izo zili pakwamba pa mutu uliwose zikuyowoya za ndondomeko iyi, kweniso za mitundu ya vinyama iyo yili pa mutu uliwose. Viyuni ivyo vikusangika mu vyaru vinyake na ivyo vikusangika mwangozi vikusangika mu chiŵelengero chose cha vyamoyo vya ku Malawi.

Viyuni vyakupambanapambana vili kulembeka mu vigaŵa ivi. Viyuni ivyo vikukhala mu malo agha ni vyekha yayi.

* (A) **[[:en:Vagrancy_(biology)|Accidental]]** - Mtundu uwo ukusangika bweka yayi ku Malawi
* (E) **Endemic** -Mtundu wa viyuni ivyo vikukhala mu Malaŵi
* (I) **[[:en:Introduced_species|Introduced]]** - Mtundu uwo wiza ku Malawi chifukwa cha ivyo ŵanthu ŵakuchita, mwakudunjika panji mwambura kudunjika
* (Ex) **[[:en:Local_extinction|Extirpated]]** - Mtundu uwo uli ku Malawi yayi nangauli ulipo kunyake

## Viyuni vya mu maji
**Order**: Anseriformes**Family**: Anatidae

Vinyama ivi ni viyuni vya mu maji nga ni viyuni vya mu nyanja. Viyuni ivi vikukhala mu maji chifukwa vili na malundi ghakututuŵa, matama ghakututuŵa, na nthenga zakutowa.

*White-faced whistling-duck, *Dendrocygna viduata*
*Fulvous whistling-duck, *Dendrocygna bicolor*
*White-backed duck, *Thalassornis leuconotus*
*Knob-billed duck, *Sarkidiornis melanotos*
*Egyptian goose, *Alopochen aegyptiacus*
*Spur-winged goose, *Plectropterus gambensis*
*African pygmy-goose, *Nettapus auritus*
*Garganey, *Spatula querquedula*
*Blue-billed teal, *Spatula hottentota*
*Northern shoveler, *Spatula clypeata* (A)
*African black duck, *Anas sparsa*
*Yellow-billed duck, *Anas undulata*
*Cape teal, *Anas capensis* (A)
*Red-billed duck, *Anas erythrorhyncha*
*Northern pintail, *Anas acuta* (A)
*Southern pochard, *Netta erythrophthalma*
*Tufted duck, *Aythya fuligula* (A)
*Maccoa duck, *Oxyura maccoa* (A)

## Nkhanga
**Order**: Galliformes**Family**: Numididae

Viyuni ivi vikuyana waka na viyuni vya mu Africa ivyo vikurya mbuto na kuzenga vivwimbo.

* Helmeted guineafowl, *Numida meleagris*
* Southern crested guineafowl, *Guttera edouardi*

## Pheasants, grouse, and allies
**Order**: Galliformes**Family**: Phasianidae

Viyuni vya mu mbumba ya Phasianidae ni viyuni vya pa caru capasi ivyo vikusazgapo viyuni vya viyuni vya viyuni vya mu nkhorongo, viyuni vya mu nkhorongo, viyuni vya mu nkhorongo, viyuni vya mu nkhorongo. Kanandi vikupambana ukuru ndipo vili na mapapindo ghatali.

* Crested francolin, *Ortygornis sephaena*
* Coqui francolin, *Campocolinus coqui*
* Red-winged francolin, *Scleroptila levaillantii*
* Shelley's francolin, *Scleroptila shelleyi*
* Whyte’s francolin, *Scleroptila whytei*
* Blue quail, *Synoicus adansonii*
* Common quail, *Coturnix coturnix*
* Harlequin quail, *Coturnix delegorguei*
* Hildebrandt's francolin, *Pternistis hildebrandti*
* Scaly francolin, *Pternistis squamatus*
* Swainson's francolin, *Pternistis swainsonii*
* Red-necked spurfowl, *Pternistis afer*

## Nyalikoma
**Order**: Phoenicopteriformes**Family**: Phoenicopteridae

Viyuni ivi ni vyamoyo ivyo vikukhala pamoza, ndipo kanandi vikuŵa na utali wa mamita 0.9 m'paka 1.5 ndipo vikusangika ku Western na Eastern Hemispheres. Viyuni ivi vikurya visomba na visomba vinyake. Viwuno vyawo vyakupambanapambana vili kupangika makora kuti vipature mathipa ku vyakurya ivyo ŵakurya.

* Greater flamingo, *Phoenicopterus roseus*
* Lesser flamingo, *Phoenicopterus minor*

## Grebes
**Order**: Podicipediformes**Family**: Podicipedidae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichoko na vikuruvikuru. Ŵali na minwe ya ku malundi ndipo ŵakumanya chomene kuskamba. Kweni malundi ghawo ghali kumanyuma chomene, ntheura ŵakukhala makora yayi pa mtunda.

* Little grebe, *Tachybaptus ruficollis*

## Njiwa na nkhunda
**Order**: Columbiformes**Family**: Columbidae

Nkhunda na njiwa ni viyuni vikuruvikuru ivyo vili na singo zifupi na matama ghafupi.

*Rock pigeon, *Columba livia* (I)
*Speckled pigeon, *Columba guinea*
*Rameron pigeon, *Columba arquatrix*
*Delegorgue's pigeon, *Columba delegorguei*
*Lemon dove, *Columba larvata*
*Dusky turtle-dove, *Streptopelia lugens*
*Mourning collared-dove, *Streptopelia decipiens*
*Red-eyed dove, *Streptopelia semitorquata*
*Ring-necked dove, *Streptopelia capicola*
*Laughing dove, *Streptopelia senegalensis*
*Emerald-spotted wood-dove, *Turtur chalcospilos*
*Blue-spotted wood-dove, *Turtur afer*
*Tambourine dove, *Turtur tympanistria*
*Namaqua dove, *Oena capensis*
*African green-pigeon, *Treron calva*

## Sandgrouse
**Order**: Pterocliformes**Family**: Pteroclidae

Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.

* Double-banded sandgrouse, *Pterocles bicinctus*

## Bustards
**Order**: Otidiformes**Family**: Otididae

Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.

* Denham's bustard, *Neotis denhami*
* Black-bellied bustard, *Lissotis melanogaster*

## Turacos
**Order**: Cuculiformes**Family**: Musophagidae

The turacos, plantain eaters and go-away-birds make up the bird family Musophagidae. They are medium-sized arboreal birds. The turacos and plantain eaters are brightly coloured, usually in blue, green or purple. The go-away birds are mostly grey and white.

* Livingstone's turaco, *Tauraco livingstonii*
* Schalow's turaco, *Tauraco schalowi*
* Purple-crested turaco, *Tauraco porphyreolophus*
* Bare-faced go-away-bird, *Corythaixoides personatus*
* Gray go-away-bird, *Corythaixoides concolor*

## Cuckoos
**Order**: Cuculiformes**Family**: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.

*Senegal coucal, *Centropus senegalensis*
*Coppery-tailed coucal, *Centropus cupreicaudus*
*White-browed coucal, *Centropus superciliosus*
*Black coucal, *Centropus grillii*
*Green malkoha, *Ceuthmochares australis*
*Great spotted cuckoo, *Clamator glandarius*
*Levaillant's cuckoo, *Clamator levaillantii*
*Pied cuckoo, *Clamator jacobinus*
*Thick-billed cuckoo, *Pachycoccyx audeberti*
*Dideric cuckoo, *Chrysococcyx caprius*
*Klaas's cuckoo, *Chrysococcyx klaas*
*African emerald cuckoo, *Chrysococcyx cupreus*
*Barred long-tailed cuckoo, *Cercococcyx montanus*
*Black cuckoo, *Cuculus clamosus*
*Red-chested cuckoo, *Cuculus solitarius*
*Lesser cuckoo, *Cuculus poliocephalus*
*African cuckoo, *Cuculus gularis*
*Madagascar cuckoo, *Cuculus rochii* (A)
*Common cuckoo, *Cuculus canorus*

## Nightjars and allies
**Order**: Caprimulgiformes**Family**: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.

* Pennant-winged nightjar, *Caprimulgus vexillarius*
* Eurasian nightjar, *Caprimulgus europaeus*
* Fiery-necked nightjar, *Caprimulgus pectoralis*
* Montane nightjar, *Caprimulgus poliocephalus*
* Freckled nightjar, *Caprimulgus tristigma*
* Square-tailed nightjar, *Caprimulgus fossii*

## Swifts
**Order**: Caprimulgiformes**Family**: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

* Mottled spinetail, *Telacanthura ussheri* (A)
* Bat-like spinetail, *Neafrapus boehmi* (A)
* Scarce swift, *Schoutedenapus myoptilus*
* Alpine swift, *Apus melba*
* Mottled swift, *Apus aequatorialis*
* Common swift, *Apus apus*
* African swift, *Apus barbatus*
* Little swift, *Apus affinis*
* Horus swift, *Apus horus*
* White-rumped swift, *Apus caffer*
* African palm-swift, *Cypsiurus parvus*

## Flufftails
**Order**: Gruiformes**Family**: Sarothruridae

The flufftails are a small family of ground-dwelling birds found only in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa.

* Buff-spotted flufftail, *Sarothrura elegans*
* Red-chested flufftail, *Sarothrura rufa*
* Chestnut-headed flufftail, *Sarothrura lugens* (A)
* Streaky-breasted flufftail, *Sarothrura boehmi*
* Striped flufftail, *Sarothrura affinis*

## Rails, gallinules and coots
**Order**: Gruiformes**Family**: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

* African rail, *Rallus caerulescens*
* Corn crake, *Crex crex*
* African crake, *Crex egregia*
* Spotted crake, *Porzana porzana*
* Lesser moorhen, *Gallinula angulata*
* Eurasian moorhen, *Gallinula chloropus*
* Red-knobbed coot, *Fulica cristata*
* Allen's gallinule, *Porphyrio alleni*
* African swamphen, *Porphyrio madagascariensis*
* Striped crake, *Amaurornis marginalis*
* Black crake, *Zapornia flavirostra*
* Baillon's crake, *Zapornia pusilla*

## Finfoots
**Order**: Gruiformes**Family**: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.

* African finfoot, *Podica senegalensis*

## Cranes
**Order**: Gruiformes**Family**: Gruidae

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".

* Gray crowned-crane, *Balearica regulorum*
* Wattled crane, *Bugeranus carunculatus*

## Thick-knees
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.

* Water thick-knee, *Burhinus vermiculatus*
* Spotted thick-knee, *Burhinus capensis*

## Stilts and avocets
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.

* Black-winged stilt, *Himantopus himantopus*
* Pied avocet, *Recurvirostra avosetta*

## Plovers and lapwings
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.

*Black-bellied plover, *Pluvialis squatarola*
*Pacific golden-plover, *Pluvialis fulva* (A)
*Long-toed lapwing, *Vanellus crassirostris*
*Blacksmith lapwing, *Vanellus armatus*
*Spur-winged lapwing, *Vanellus spinosus*
*White-headed lapwing, *Vanellus albiceps*
*Senegal lapwing, *Vanellus lugubris*
*Crowned lapwing, *Vanellus coronatus*
*Wattled lapwing, *Vanellus senegallus*
*Greater sand-plover, *Charadrius leschenaultii* (A)
*Caspian plover, *Charadrius asiaticus*
*Kittlitz's plover, *Charadrius pecuarius*
*Common ringed plover, *Charadrius hiaticula*
*Three-banded plover, *Charadrius tricollaris*
*White-fronted plover, *Charadrius marginatus*

## Painted-snipes
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Rostratulidae

Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured.

* Greater painted-snipe, *Rostratula benghalensis*

## Jacanas
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Jacanidae

The jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.

* Lesser jacana, *Microparra capensis*
* African jacana, *Actophilornis africanus*

## Sandpipers and allies
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

*Whimbrel, *Numenius phaeopus*
*Eurasian curlew, *Numenius arquata*
*Bar-tailed godwit, *Limosa lapponica*
*Black-tailed godwit, *Limosa limosa* (A)
*Ruddy turnstone, *Arenaria interpres*
*Ruff, *Calidris pugnax*
*Broad-billed sandpiper, *Calidris falcinellus* (A)
*Curlew sandpiper, *Calidris ferruginea*
*Sanderling, *Calidris alba*
*Little stint, *Calidris minuta*
*Great snipe, *Gallinago media*
*Common snipe, *Gallinago gallinago* (A)
*African snipe, *Gallinago nigripennis*
*Terek sandpiper, *Xenus cinereus*
*Common sandpiper, *Actitis hypoleucos*
*Green sandpiper, *Tringa ochropus*
*Spotted redshank, *Tringa erythropus* (A)
*Common greenshank, *Tringa nebularia*
*Marsh sandpiper, *Tringa stagnatilis*
*Wood sandpiper, *Tringa glareola*
*Common redshank, *Tringa totanus*

## Buttonquail
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Turnicidae

The buttonquail are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young.

* Small buttonquail, *Turnix sylvaticus*
* Black-rumped buttonquail, *Turnix nanus*

## Pratincoles and coursers
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.

* Temminck's courser, *Cursorius temminckii*
* Bronze-winged courser, *Rhinoptilus chalcopterus*
* Collared pratincole, *Glareola pratincola*
* Black-winged pratincole, *Glareola nordmanni* (A)
* Rock pratincole, *Glareola nuchalis*

## Gulls, terns, and skimmers
**Order**: Charadriiformes**Family**: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.

* Gray-hooded gull, *Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus*
* Black-headed gull, *Chroicocephalus ridibundus* (A)
* Lesser black-backed gull, *Larus fuscus*
* Sooty tern, *Onychoprion fuscatus* (A)
* Gull-billed tern, *Gelochelidon nilotica*
* White-winged tern, *Chlidonias leucopterus*
* Whiskered tern, *Chlidonias hybrida*
* Common tern, *Sterna hirundo* (A)
* African skimmer, *Rynchops flavirostris*

## Storks
**Order**: Ciconiiformes**Family**: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.

* African openbill, *Anastomus lamelligerus*
* Black stork, *Ciconia nigra*
* Abdim's stork, *Ciconia abdimii*
* African woolly-necked stork, *Ciconia microscelis*
* White stork, *Ciconia ciconia*
* Saddle-billed stork, *Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis*
* Marabou stork, *Leptoptilos crumenifer*
* Yellow-billed stork, *Mycteria ibis*

## Anhingas
**Order**: Suliformes**Family**: Anhingidae

Anhingas or darters are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving.

* African darter, *Anhinga rufa*

## Cormorants and shags
**Order**: Suliformes**Family**: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white and a few being colourful.

* Long-tailed cormorant, *Microcarbo africanus*
* Great cormorant, *Phalacrocorax carbo*

## Pelicans
**Order**: Pelecaniformes**Family**: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.

* Great white pelican, *Pelecanus onocrotalus*
* Pink-backed pelican, *Pelecanus rufescens*

## Hamerkop
**Order**: Pelecaniformes**Family**: Scopidae

The hamerkop is a medium-sized bird with a long shaggy crest. The shape of its head with a curved bill and crest at the back is reminiscent of a hammer, hence its name. Its plumage is drab-brown all over.

* Hamerkop, *Scopus umbretta*

## Herons, egrets, and bitterns
**Order**: Pelecaniformes**Family**: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.

*Little bittern, *Ixobrychus minutus*
*Dwarf bittern, *Ixobrychus sturmii*
*Gray heron, *Ardea cinerea*
*Black-headed heron, *Ardea melanocephala*
*Goliath heron, *Ardea goliath*
*Purple heron, *Ardea purpurea*
*Great egret, *Ardea alba*
*Intermediate egret, *Ardea intermedia*
*Little egret, *Egretta garzetta*
*Black heron, *Egretta ardesiaca*
*Cattle egret, *Bubulcus ibis*
*Squacco heron, *Ardeola ralloides*
*Malagasy pond-heron, *Ardeola idae*
*Rufous-bellied heron, *Ardeola rufiventris*
*Striated heron, *Butorides striata*
*Black-crowned night-heron, *Nycticorax nycticorax*
*White-backed night-heron, *Gorsachius leuconotus*

## Ibises and spoonbills
**Order**: Pelecaniformes**Family**: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.

* Glossy ibis, *Plegadis falcinellus*
* African sacred ibis, *Threskiornis aethiopicus*
* Hadada ibis, *Bostrychia hagedash*
* African spoonbill, *Platalea alba*

## Secretarybird
**Order**: Accipitriformes**Family**: Sagittariidae

The secretarybird is a bird of prey in the order Accipitriformes but is easily distinguished from other raptors by its long crane-like legs.

* Secretarybird, *Sagittarius serpentarius*

## Osprey
**Order**: Accipitriformes**Family**: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

* Osprey, *Pandion haliaetus*

## Hawks, eagles, and kites
**Order**: Accipitriformes**Family**: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.

*Black-winged kite, *Elanus caeruleus*
*African harrier-hawk, *Polyboroides typus*
*Palm-nut vulture, *Gypohierax angolensis*
*Egyptian vulture, *Neophron percnopterus*
*European honey-buzzard, *Pernis apivorus*
*African cuckoo-hawk, *Aviceda cuculoides*
*White-headed vulture, *Trigonoceps occipitalis*
*Lappet-faced vulture, *Torgos tracheliotos*
*Hooded vulture, *Necrosyrtes monachus*
*White-backed vulture, *Gyps africanus*
*Bateleur, *Terathopius ecaudatus*
*Black-chested snake-eagle, *Circaetus pectoralis*
*Brown snake-eagle, *Circaetus cinereus*
*Banded snake-eagle, *Circaetus cinerascens*
*Bat hawk, *Macheiramphus alcinus*
*Crowned eagle, *Stephanoaetus coronatus*
*Martial eagle, *Polemaetus bellicosus*
*Long-crested eagle, *Lophaetus occipitalis*
*Lesser spotted eagle, *Clanga pomarina*
*Wahlberg's eagle, *Hieraaetus wahlbergi*
*Booted eagle, *Hieraaetus pennatus*
*Ayres's hawk-eagle, *Hieraaetus ayresii*
*Tawny eagle, *Aquila rapax*
*Steppe eagle, *Aquila nipalensis*
*Verreaux's eagle, *Aquila verreauxii*
*African hawk-eagle, *Aquila spilogaster*
*Lizard buzzard, *Kaupifalco monogrammicus*
*Dark chanting-goshawk, *Melierax metabates*
*Gabar goshawk, *Micronisus gabar*
*Eurasian marsh-harrier, *Circus aeruginosus*
*African marsh-harrier, *Circus ranivorus*
*Pallid harrier, *Circus macrourus*
*Montagu's harrier, *Circus pygargus*
*African goshawk, *Accipiter tachiro*
*Shikra, *Accipiter badius*
*Little sparrowhawk, *Accipiter minullus*
*Ovambo sparrowhawk, *Accipiter ovampensis*
*Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk, *Accipiter rufiventris*
*Black goshawk, *Accipiter melanoleucus*
*Black kite, *Milvus migrans*
*African fish-eagle, *Haliaeetus vocifer*
*Common buzzard, *Buteo buteo*
*Mountain buzzard, *Buteo oreophilus*
*Augur buzzard, *Buteo augur*

## Barn-owls
**Order**: Strigiformes**Family**: Tytonidae

Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

* African grass-owl, *Tyto capensis* (A)
* Barn owl, *Tyto alba*

## Owls
**Order**: Strigiformes**Family**: Strigidae

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

* Eurasian scops-owl, *Otus scops*
* African scops-owl, *Otus senegalensis*
* Southern white-faced owl, *Ptilopsis granti*
* Cape eagle-owl, *Bubo capensis* (A)
* Spotted eagle-owl, *Bubo africanus*
* Verreaux's eagle-owl, *Bubo lacteus*
* Pel's fishing owl, *Scotopelia peli*
* Pearl-spotted owlet, *Glaucidium perlatum*
* African barred owlet, *Glaucidium capense*
* African wood-owl, *Strix woodfordii*
* Marsh owl, *Asio capensis*

## Mousebirds
**Order**: Coliiformes**Family**: Coliidae

The mousebirds are slender greyish or brown birds with soft, hairlike body feathers and very long thin tails. They are arboreal and scurry through the leaves like rodents in search of berries, fruit and buds. They are acrobatic and can feed upside down. All species have strong claws and reversible outer toes. They also have crests and stubby bills.

* Speckled mousebird, *Colius striatus*
* Red-faced mousebird, *Urocolius indicus*

## Trogons
**Order**: Trogoniformes**Family**: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage.

* Narina trogon, *Apaloderma narina*
* Bar-tailed trogon, *Apaloderma vittatum*

## Hoopoes
**Order**: Bucerotiformes**Family**: Upupidae

Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head.

* Eurasian hoopoe, *Upupa epops*

## Woodhoopoes and scimitarbills
**Order**: Bucerotiformes**Family**: Phoeniculidae

The woodhoopoes are related to the kingfishers, rollers and hoopoes. They most resemble the hoopoes with their long curved bills, used to probe for insects, and short rounded wings. However, they differ in that they have metallic plumage, often blue, green or purple, and lack an erectile crest.

* Green woodhoopoe, *Phoeniculus purpureus*
* Common scimitarbill, *Rhinopomastus cyanomelas*

## Ground-hornbills
**Order**:Bucerotiformes **Family:** Bucorvidae

The ground-hornbills are terrestrial birds which feed almost entirely on insects, other birds, snakes, and amphibians.

* Southern ground-hornbill, *Bucorvus leadbeateri*

## Hornbills
**Order**: Bucerotiformes**Family**: Bucerotidae

Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured.

* Crowned hornbill, *Lophoceros alboterminatus*
* African gray hornbill, *Lophoceros nasutus*
* Pale-billed hornbill, *Lophoceros pallidirostris*
* Southern yellow-billed hornbill, *Tockus leucomelas*
* Southern red-billed hornbill, *Tockus rufirostris*
* Silvery-cheeked hornbill, *Bycanistes brevis*
* Trumpeter hornbill, *Bycanistes bucinator*

## Kingfishers
**Order**: Coraciiformes**Family**: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.

* Half-collared kingfisher, *Alcedo semitorquata*
* Malachite kingfisher, *Corythornis cristatus*
* African pygmy kingfisher, *Ispidina picta*
* Gray-headed kingfisher, *Halcyon leucocephala*
* Woodland kingfisher, *Halcyon senegalensis*
* Brown-hooded kingfisher, *Halcyon albiventris*
* Striped kingfisher, *Halcyon chelicuti*
* Giant kingfisher, *Megaceryle maximus*
* Pied kingfisher, *Ceryle rudis*

## Bee-eaters
**Order**: Coraciiformes**Family**: Meropidae

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.

* White-fronted bee-eater, *Merops bullockoides*
* Little bee-eater, *Merops pusillus*
* Swallow-tailed bee-eater, *Merops hirundineus*
* Böhm's bee-eater, *Merops boehmi*
* Blue-cheeked bee-eater, *Merops persicus*
* Madagascar bee-eater, *Merops superciliosus*
* European bee-eater, *Merops apiaster*
* Southern carmine bee-eater, *Merops nubicoides*

## Rollers
**Order**: Coraciiformes**Family**: Coraciidae

Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not.

* European roller, *Coracias garrulus*
* Lilac-breasted roller, *Coracias caudatus*
* Racket-tailed roller, *Coracias spatulatus*
* Rufous-crowned roller, *Coracias naevius*
* Broad-billed roller, *Eurystomus glaucurus*

## African barbets
**Order**: Piciformes**Family**: Lybiidae

The African barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured.

* Crested barbet, *Trachyphonus vaillantii*
* White-eared barbet, *Stactolaema leucotis*
* Whyte's barbet, *Stactolaema whytii*
* Green barbet, *Stactolaema olivacea*
* Green tinkerbird, *Pogoniulus simplex*
* Moustached tinkerbird, *Pogoniulus leucomystax*
* Yellow-rumped tinkerbird, *Pogoniulus bilineatus*
* Yellow-fronted tinkerbird, *Pogoniulus chrysoconus*
* Miombo barbet, *Tricholaema frontata*
* Black-collared barbet, *Lybius torquatus*
* Brown-breasted barbet, *Lybius melanopterus*
* Black-backed barbet, *Lybius minor*

## Honeyguides
**Order**: Piciformes**Family**: Indicatoridae

Honeyguides are among the few birds that feed on wax. They are named for the greater honeyguide which leads traditional honey-hunters to bees' nests and, after the hunters have harvested the honey, feeds on the remaining contents of the hive.

* Green-backed honeyguide, *Prodotiscus zambesiae*
* Wahlberg's honeyguide, *Prodotiscus regulus*
* Pallid honeyguide, *Indicator meliphilus*
* Lesser honeyguide, *Indicator minor*
* Scaly-throated honeyguide, *Indicator variegatus*
* Greater honeyguide, *Indicator indicator*

## Woodpeckers
**Order**: Piciformes**Family**: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

* Cardinal woodpecker, *Chloropicus fuscescens*
* Bearded woodpecker, *Chloropicus namaquus*
* Stierling's woodpecker, *Chloropicus stierlingi*
* Olive woodpecker, *Chloropicus griseocephalus*
* Brown-eared woodpecker, *Campethera caroli*
* Green-backed woodpecker, *Campethera cailliautii*
* Bennett's woodpecker, *Campethera bennettii*
* Reichenow's woodpecker, *Campethera scriptoricauda*
* Golden-tailed woodpecker, *Campethera abingoni*

## Falcons
**Order**: Falconiformes**Family**: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.

* Lesser kestrel, *Falco naumanni*
* Rock kestrel, *Falco rupicolus*
* Gray kestrel, *Falco ardosiaceus* (A)
* Dickinson's kestrel, *Falco dickinsoni*
* Red-necked falcon, *Falco chicquera*
* Red-footed falcon, *Falco vespertinus*
* Amur falcon, *Falco amurensis*
* Eleonora's falcon, *Falco eleonorae*
* Sooty falcon, *Falco concolor* (A)
* Eurasian hobby, *Falco subbuteo*
* African hobby, *Falco cuvierii* (A)
* Lanner falcon, *Falco biarmicus*
* Peregrine falcon, *Falco peregrinus*
* Taita falcon, *Falco fasciinucha*

## Old World parrots
**Order**: Psittaciformes**Family**: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from  to  in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.

* Lilian's lovebird, *Agapornis lilianae*

## African and New World parrots
**Order**: Psittaciformes**Family**: Psittacidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from  to  in length. Most of the species in this family are found in the New World.

* Brown-necked parrot, *Poicephalus robustus*
* Meyer's parrot, *Poicephalus meyeri*
* Brown-headed parrot, *Poicephalus cryptoxanthus*

## African and green broadbills
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Calyptomenidae

The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests.

* African broadbill, *Smithornis capensis*

## Pittas
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Pittidae

Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards and are stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrates. There are 32 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Malawi.

* African pitta, *Pitta angolensis*

## Cuckooshrikes
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Campephagidae

The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured.

* Gray cuckooshrike, *Coracina caesia*
* White-breasted cuckooshrike, *Coracina pectoralis*
* Black cuckooshrike, *Campephaga flava*

## Old World orioles
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Oriolidae

The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles.

* Eurasian golden oriole, *Oriolus oriolus*
* African golden oriole, *Oriolus auratus*
* Green-headed oriole, *Oriolus chlorocephalus*
* African black-headed oriole, *Oriolus larvatus*

## Wattle-eyes and batises
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Platysteiridae

The wattle-eyes, or puffback flycatchers, are small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. They get their name from the brightly coloured fleshy eye decorations found in most species in this group.

* Black-throated wattle-eye, *Platysteira peltata*
* Short-tailed batis, *Batis mixta*
* Dark batis, *Batis crypta* (E)
* Cape batis, *Batis capensis*
* Woodward's batis, *Batis fratrum*
* Chinspot batis, *Batis molitor*
* Pale batis, *Batis soror*

## Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Vangidae

The helmetshrikes are similar in build to the shrikes, but tend to be colourful species with distinctive crests or other head ornaments, such as wattles, from which they get their name.

* White helmetshrike, *Prionops plumatus*
* Retz's helmetshrike, *Prionops retzii*
* Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike, *Prionops scopifrons*
* Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher, *Bias musicus*

## Bushshrikes and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Malaconotidae

Bushshrikes are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive.

* Brubru, *Nilaus afer*
* Black-backed puffback, *Dryoscopus cubla*
* Marsh tchagra, *Tchagra minuta*
* Black-crowned tchagra, *Tchagra senegala*
* Brown-crowned tchagra, *Tchagra australis*
* Tropical boubou, *Laniarius major*
* Southern boubou, *Laniarius ferrugineus*
* Fülleborn's boubou, *Laniarius fuelleborni*
* Sulphur-breasted bushshrike, *Telophorus sulfureopectus*
* Olive bushshrike, *Telophorus olivaceus*
* Black-fronted bushshrike, *Telophorus nigrifrons*
* Four-colored bushshrike, *Telophorus viridis*
* Gray-headed bushshrike, *Malaconotus blanchoti*

## Drongos
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Dicruridae

The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground.

* Common square-tailed drongo, *Dicrurus ludwigii*
* Fork-tailed drongo, *Dicrurus adsimilis*

## Monarch flycatchers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching.

* African crested-flycatcher, *Trochocercus cyanomelas*
* African paradise-flycatcher, *Terpsiphone viridis*

## Shrikes
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey.

* Red-backed shrike, *Lanius collurio*
* Red-tailed shrike, *Lanius phoenicuroides* (A)
* Lesser gray shrike, *Lanius minor*
* Magpie shrike, *Lanius melanoleucus*
* Northern fiscal, *Lanius humeralis*
* Southern fiscal, *Lanius collaris*
* Souza's shrike, *Lanius souzae*

## Crows, jays, and magpies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.

* Pied crow, *Corvus albus*
* White-necked raven, *Corvus albicollis*

## Hyliotas
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Hyliotidae

The members of this small family, all of genus *Hyliota*, are birds of the forest canopy. They tend to feed in mixed-species flocks.

* Yellow-bellied hyliota, *Hyliota flavigaster*
* Southern hyliota, *Hyliota australis*

## Fairy flycatchers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Stenostiridae

Most of the species of this small family are found in Africa, though a few inhabit tropical Asia. They are not closely related to other birds called "flycatchers".

* African blue flycatcher, *Elminia longicauda*
* White-tailed blue flycatcher, *Elminia albicauda*
* White-tailed crested-flycatcher, *Elminia albonotata*

## Tits, chickadees, and titmice
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.

* White-winged black-tit, *Melaniparus leucomelas*
* Rufous-bellied tit, *Melaniparus rufiventris*
* Southern black-tit, *Melaniparus niger*
* Carp's tit, *Melaniparus carpi* (A)
* Miombo tit, *Melaniparus griseiventris*

## Penduline-tits
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Remizidae

The penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores.

* African penduline-tit, *Anthoscopus caroli*

## Larks
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.

* Dusky lark, *Pinarocorys nigricans* (A)
* Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark, *Eremopterix leucotis*
* Fischer's sparrow-lark, *Eremopterix leucopareia*
* Rufous-naped lark, *Mirafra africana*
* Flappet lark, *Mirafra rufocinnamomea*
* Red-capped lark, *Calandrella cinerea*

## Nicators
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Nicatoridae

The nicators are shrike-like, with hooked bills. They are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

* Eastern nicator, *Nicator gularis*

## African warblers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Macrosphenidae

African warblers are small to medium-sized insectivores which are found in a wide variety of habitats south of the Sahara.

* Red-capped crombec, *Sylvietta ruficapilla*
* Red-faced crombec, *Sylvietta whytii*
* Cape crombec, *Sylvietta rufescens*
* Moustached grass-warbler, *Melocichla mentalis*

## Cisticolas and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Cisticolidae

The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub.

*Yellow-bellied eremomela, *Eremomela icteropygialis*
*Greencap eremomela, *Eremomela scotops*
*Burnt-neck eremomela, *Eremomela usticollis*
*Long-billed tailorbird, *Artisornis moreaui*
*Miombo wren-warbler, *Calamonastes undosus*
*Stierling's wren-warbler, *Calamonastes stierlingi*
*Green-backed camaroptera, *Camaroptera brachyura*
*Bar-throated apalis, *Apalis thoracica*
*Yellow-throated apalis, *Apalis flavigularis*
*White-winged apalis, *Apalis chariessa*
*Yellow-breasted apalis, *Apalis flavida*
*Rudd's apalis, *Apalis ruddi*
*Chestnut-throated apalis, *Apalis porphyrolaema*
*Chapin's apalis, *Apalis chapini*
*Black-headed apalis, *Apalis melanocephala*
*Brown-headed apalis, *Apalis alticola*
*Tawny-flanked prinia, *Prinia subflava*
*Red-winged prinia, *Prinia erythroptera*
*Red-faced cisticola, *Cisticola erythrops*
*Singing cisticola, *Cisticola cantans*
*Trilling cisticola, *Cisticola woosnami*
*Hunter's cisticola, *Cisticola hunteri*
*Black-lored cisticola, *Cisticola nigriloris*
*Rock-loving cisticola, *Cisticola aberrans*
*Rattling cisticola, *Cisticola chiniana*
*Tinkling cisticola, *Cisticola rufilatus*
*Wailing cisticola, *Cisticola lais*
*Churring cisticola, *Cisticola njombe*
*Winding cisticola, *Cisticola marginatus*
*Rufous-winged cisticola, *Cisticola galactotes*
*Levaillant's cisticola, *Cisticola tinniens*
*Croaking cisticola, *Cisticola natalensis*
*Piping cisticola, *Cisticola fulvicapillus*
*Siffling cisticola, *Cisticola brachypterus*
*Zitting cisticola, *Cisticola juncidis*
*Wing-snapping cisticola, *Cisticola ayresii*

## Reed warblers and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Acrocephalidae

The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

* African yellow-warbler, *Iduna natalensis*
* Mountain yellow-warbler, *Iduna similis*
* Olive-tree warbler, *Hippolais olivetorum*
* Icterine warbler, *Hippolais icterina*
* Sedge warbler, *Acrocephalus schoenobaenus*
* Marsh warbler, *Acrocephalus palustris*
* Common reed warbler, *Acrocephalus scirpaceus*
* Basra reed warbler, *Acrocephalus griseldis*
* Lesser swamp warbler, *Acrocephalus gracilirostris*
* Great reed warbler, *Acrocephalus arundinaceus*

## Grassbirds and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Locustellidae

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.

* River warbler, *Locustella fluviatilis*
* Fan-tailed grassbird, *Catriscus brevirostris*
* Evergreen-forest warbler, *Bradypterus lopezi*
* Cinnamon bracken-warbler, *Bradypterus cinnamomeus*
* Little rush-warbler, *Bradypterus baboecala*

## Swallows
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

*Plain martin, *Riparia paludicola*
*Bank swallow, *Riparia riparia*
*Banded martin, *Neophedina cincta*
*Mascarene martin, *Phedina borbonica*
*Rock martin, *Ptyonoprogne fuligula*
*Barn swallow, *Hirundo rustica*
*Angola swallow, *Hirundo angolensis*
*White-throated swallow, *Hirundo albigularis*
*Wire-tailed swallow, *Hirundo smithii*
*Pearl-breasted swallow, *Hirundo dimidiata*
*Montane blue swallow, *Hirundo atrocaerulea*
*Greater striped swallow, *Cecropis cucullata* (A)
*Red-rumped swallow, *Cecropis daurica*
*Lesser striped swallow, *Cecropis abyssinica*
*Rufous-chested swallow, *Cecropis semirufa*
*Mosque swallow, *Cecropis senegalensis*
*South African swallow, *Petrochelidon spilodera* (A)
*Common house-martin, *Delichon urbicum*
*White-headed sawwing, *Psalidoprocne albiceps*
*Black sawwing, *Psalidoprocne pristoptera*
*Gray-rumped swallow, *Pseudhirundo griseopyga*

## Bulbuls
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Pycnonotidae

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.

* Sombre greenbul, *Andropadus importunus*
* Shelley's greenbul, *Arizelocichla masukuensis*
* Eastern mountain greenbul, *Arizelocichla nigriceps*
* Black-browed mountain greenbul, *Arizelocichla fusciceps*
* Stripe-cheeked greenbul, *Arizelocichla milanjensis*
* Yellow-bellied greenbul, *Chlorocichla flaviventris*
* Yellow-throated greenbul, *Atimastillas flavicollis*
* Little greenbul, *Eurillas virens*
* Terrestrial brownbul, *Phyllastrephus terrestris*
* Gray-olive greenbul, *Phyllastrephus cerviniventris*
* Cabanis's greenbul, *Phyllastrephus cabanisi*
* Yellow-streaked bulbul, *Phyllastrephus flavostriatus*
* Common bulbul, *Pycnonotus barbatus*

## Leaf warblers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Phylloscopidae

Viyuni ivi vikusangika chomene mu vyaru vya ku Europe na Asia. Viyuni ivi vikuŵa vikuruvikuru, ndipo kanandi vikuŵa na viŵaya vyakutotowa ndipo kusi vikuŵa vyachitima.

* Willow warbler, *Phylloscopus trochilus*
* Yellow-throated woodland-warbler, *Phylloscopus ruficapilla*

## Bush warblers and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Scotocercidae

Ŵanthu ŵa mu mbumba iyi ŵakusangika mu Africa, Asia, na Polynesia. Vinthu vikusintha chomene pa nkhani iyi, ndipo ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵakuti mtundu wa Erythrocerus uli mu mbumba yinyake.

* Livingstone's flycatcher, *Erythrocercus livingstonei*

## Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Sylviidae Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichoko ivyo vikurya vyamoyo. Vinyama ivi vikusangika mu vyaru vya ku Europe, Asia, na ku Africa. Vinthu vinandi vikuwoneka makora yayi, kweni vinandi vili na sumu zakupambana.

* Eurasian blackcap, *Sylvia atricapilla*
* Garden warbler, *Sylvia borin*
* African hill babbler, *Sylvia abyssinica*
* Barred warbler, *Curruca nisoria* (A)
* Brown parisoma, *Curruca lugens*
* Greater whitethroat, *Curruca communis*

## White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Zosteropidae

Viyuni ivi ni vichoko ndipo vikuwoneka makora yayi. Viyuni vinyake vikuŵa na mphonje zakufipirwa nga ni za olive. Nga umo zina lawo likulongolera, mitundu yinandi ya viyuni vili na mphete yituŵa kuzingilizga jiso lililose.

* Southern yellow white-eye, *Zosterops anderssoni*

## Ground babblers and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Pellorneidae

Viyuni ivi ni vichoko chomene, kweni vikupambana mitundu. Viyuni vya mtundu wa Illadopsis vikusangika mu nkhorongo, kweni vinyake ni vyamoyo vya mu viŵaya.

* Mountain illadopsis, *Illadopsis pyrrhoptera*

## Laughingthrushes and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Leiothrichidae

Ŵanthu ŵa mu mbumba iyi ŵali na mitundu yakupambanapambana, nangauli ŵa mu mbumba ya Turdoides ŵakutemwa kuŵa ŵabuluu. Mbumba iyi yikusangika mu vyaru vya ku Africa, India, na kumwera kwa Asia.

* Arrow-marked babbler, *Turdoides jardineii*

## Treecreepers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Certhiidae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichoko ivyo vikuŵa vyakutchaya ndipo vili na mtundu wa bulauni kusi. Ŵali na mphonje zifinyi zakukokonyara, izo ŵakugwiliskira nchito kuti ŵafumiske vinyama mu chikumba. Ŵali na nthumphwe zakukhora nga ni za viyuni vya nkhonyo, izo ŵakugwiliskira nchito pakukhazikika pa makuni.

* African spotted creeper, *Salpornis salvadori*

## Oxpeckers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Buphagidae

Nga ni umo zina la viyuni ivi likuyowoyera, vikurya viyuni vinyake ivyo vikukhala mu viŵeto vikuruvikuru.

* Red-billed oxpecker, *Buphagus erythrorhynchus*
* Yellow-billed oxpecker, *Buphagus africanus*

## Starlings
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Sturnidae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vikuruvikuru. Ŵakwenda mwaluŵiro ndipo ŵakutemwa kuwungana. Ŵakutemwa chomene malo ghakupasuka. Ŵakurya viyuni na vipambi. Kaŵirikaŵiri nthenga zake zimakhala zakuda ndipo zikuwala ngati chitsulo.

* Wattled starling, *Creatophora cinerea*
* Violet-backed starling, *Cinnyricinclus leucogaster*
* Slender-billed starling, *Onychognathus tenuirostris*
* Neumann's starling, *Onychognathus neumanni*
* Red-winged starling, *Onychognathus morio*
* Waller's starling, *Onychognathus walleri*
* Babbling starling, *Neocichla gutturalis*
* Sharpe's starling, *Pholia sharpii* (A)
* Meves's starling, *Lamprotornis mevesii*
* Lesser blue-eared starling, *Lamprotornis chloropterus*
* Greater blue-eared starling, *Lamprotornis chalybaeus*

## Thrushes and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Turdidae

Viyuni ivi vikusangika mu vyaru vinandi. Vinyama ivi ni vikoko vikuruvikuru ivyo vikurya vibenene. Ŵanandi ŵali na sumu ziwemi.

* Spotted ground-thrush, *Geokichla guttata*
* Orange ground-thrush, *Geokichla gurneyi*
* Groundscraper thrush, *Turdus litsitsirupa*
* Abyssinian thrush, *Turdus abyssinicus*
* Kurrichane thrush, *Turdus libonyana*
* Olive thrush, *Turdus olivaceus*

## Old World flycatchers
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Muscicapidae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichokovichoko ivyo vikukhala mu vyaru vinyake. Kanandi vikurya tuviyuni tuchoko waka. Viyuni ivi vikuwoneka vyakupambanapambana, kweni kanandi vikuŵa na sumu zakulopwa kweniso zikuchemerezga chomene.

*African dusky flycatcher, *Muscicapa adusta*
*Spotted flycatcher, *Muscicapa striata*
*Böhm's flycatcher, *Bradornis boehmi*
*Pale flycatcher, *Agricola pallidus*
*Gray tit-flycatcher, *Fraseria plumbea*
*Ashy flycatcher, *Fraseria caerulescens*
*Southern black-flycatcher, *Melaenornis pammelaina*
*White-eyed slaty-flycatcher, *Melaenornis fischeri*
*Bearded scrub-robin, *Cercotrichas quadrivirgata*
*Miombo scrub-robin, *Cercotrichas barbata*
*Rufous-tailed scrub-robin, *Cercotrichas galactotes* (A)
*Red-backed scrub-robin, *Cercotrichas leucophrys*
*Olive-flanked robin-chat, *Cossypha anomala*
*Cape robin-chat, *Cossypha caffra*
*White-browed robin-chat, *Cossypha heuglini*
*Red-capped robin-chat, *Cossypha natalensis*
*Collared palm-thrush, *Cichladusa arquata*
*White-starred robin, *Pogonocichla stellata*
*Cholo alethe, *Chamaetylas choloensis*
*White-chested alethe, *Chamaetylas fuelleborni*
*Sharpe's akalat, *Sheppardia sharpei*
*East coast akalat, *Sheppardia gunningi*
*Thrush nightingale, *Luscinia luscinia*
*Collared flycatcher, *Ficedula albicollis*
*Miombo rock-thrush, *Monticola angolensis*
*Whinchat, *Saxicola rubetra*
*African stonechat, *Saxicola torquatus*
*Mocking cliff-chat, *Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris*
*Arnot's chat, *Myrmecocichla arnotti*
*Northern wheatear, *Oenanthe oenanthe*
*Capped wheatear, *Oenanthe pileata*
*Familiar chat, *Oenanthe familiaris*
*Boulder chat, *Pinarornis plumosus*

## Dapple-throat and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Modulatricidae

Mtundu uwu pamoza na mitundu yinyake yiŵiri, vyose vikaŵa vyakupambana.

* Spot-throat, *Modulatrix stictigula*

## Sunbirds and spiderhunters
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Nectariniidae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichoko chomene ivyo vikurya mankhwaŵa. Para zili pa mapapindo ghafupi zikuwuluka luŵiro. Viyuni vinandi vikutora mankhwaŵa para vikwenda nga ni viyuni vyakuchemeka hummingbirds.

*Anchieta's sunbird, *Anthreptes anchietae*
*Western violet-backed sunbird, *Anthreptes longuemarei*
*Collared sunbird, *Hedydipna collaris*
*Green-headed sunbird, *Cyanomitra verticalis*
*Olive sunbird, *Cyanomitra olivacea*
*Mouse-colored sunbird, *Cyanomitra veroxii*
*Amethyst sunbird, *Chalcomitra amethystina*
*Scarlet-chested sunbird, *Chalcomitra senegalensis*
*Bronze sunbird, *Nectarinia kilimensis*
*Malachite sunbird, *Nectarinia famosa*
*Red-tufted sunbird, *Nectarinia johnstoni*
*Western Miombo sunbird, *Cinnyris gertrudis*
*Eastern Miombo sunbird, *Cinnyris manoensis*
*Stuhlmann's sunbird, *Cinnyris stuhlmanni*
*Montane double-collared sunbird, *Cinnyris ludovicensis*
*Forest double-collared sunbird, *Cinnyris fuelleborni*
*Shelley's sunbird, *Cinnyris shelleyi*
*Purple-banded sunbird, *Cinnyris bifasciatus*
*Oustalet's sunbird, *Cinnyris oustaleti*
*White-breasted sunbird, *Cinnyris talatala*
*Variable sunbird, *Cinnyris venustus*
*Copper sunbird, *Cinnyris cupreus*

## Weavers and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season.

*White-headed buffalo-weaver, *Dinemellia dinemelli*
*White-browed sparrow-weaver, *Plocepasser mahali*
*Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver, *Plocepasser rufoscapulatus*
*Red-headed weaver, *Anaplectes rubriceps*
*Bertram's weaver, *Ploceus bertrandi*
*Baglafecht weaver, *Ploceus baglafecht*
*Spectacled weaver, *Ploceus ocularis*
*African golden-weaver, *Ploceus subaureus*
*Holub's golden-weaver, *Ploceus xanthops*
*Southern brown-throated weaver, *Ploceus xanthopterus*
*Lesser masked-weaver, *Ploceus intermedius*
*Southern masked-weaver, *Ploceus velatus*
*Village weaver, *Ploceus cucullatus*
*Forest weaver, *Ploceus bicolor*
*Olive-headed weaver, *Ploceus olivaceiceps*
*Cardinal quelea, *Quelea cardinalis*
*Red-headed quelea, *Quelea erythrops*
*Red-billed quelea, *Quelea quelea*
*Southern red bishop, *Euplectes orix*
*Black-winged bishop, *Euplectes hordeaceus*
*Yellow bishop, *Euplectes capensis*
*White-winged widowbird, *Euplectes albonotatus*
*Yellow-mantled widowbird, *Euplectes macroura*
*Red-collared widowbird, *Euplectes ardens*
*Fan-tailed widowbird, *Euplectes axillaris*
*Buff-shouldered widowbird, *Euplectes psammocromius*
*Grosbeak weaver, *Amblyospiza albifrons*

## Waxbills and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Estrildidae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichoko ivyo vikukhala mu vyaru vyamuthondo na ku Australasia. Kanandi vikurya mbuto za viyuni ivi. Viyuni vyose ivi vikuyana waka, kweni vikupambana mitundu.

*Bronze mannikin, *Spermestes cucullatus*
*Magpie mannikin, *Spermestes fringilloides*
*Black-and-white mannikin, *Spermestes bicolor*
*Yellow-bellied waxbill, *Coccopygia quartinia*
*Green-backed twinspot, *Mandingoa nitidula*
*Red-faced crimsonwing, *Cryptospiza reichenovii*
*Black-tailed waxbill, *Glaucestrilda perreini*
*Fawn-breasted waxbill, *Estrilda paludicola*
*Common waxbill, *Estrilda astrild*
*Crimson-rumped waxbill, *Estrilda rhodopyga*
*Quailfinch, *Ortygospiza atricollis*
*Locustfinch, *Paludipasser locustella*
*Cut-throat, *Amadina fasciata*
*Zebra waxbill, *Amandava subflava*
*Southern cordonbleu, *Uraeginthus angolensis*
*Lesser seedcracker, *Pyrenestes minor*
*Green-winged pytilia, *Pytilia melba*
*Orange-winged pytilia, *Pytilia afra*
*Peters's twinspot, *Hypargos niveoguttatus*
*Red-billed firefinch, *Lagonosticta senegala*
*African firefinch, *Lagonosticta rubricata*
*Jameson's firefinch, *Lagonosticta rhodopareia*
*Brown firefinch, *Lagonosticta nitidula*

## Indigobirds
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Viduidae

Viyuni ivi vikuyana waka na viyuni vya finch, ndipo kanandi vikukhala na nthenga zakufipa panji za indigo. Vinyama vyose ivi ni viyuni ivyo vikuvunda, ndipo vikuseŵa mu vivwimbo vya viyuni vinyake.

* Pin-tailed whydah, *Vidua macroura*
* Broad-tailed paradise-whydah, *Vidua obtusa*
* Eastern paradise-whydah, *Vidua paradisaea*
* Village indigobird, *Vidua chalybeata*
* Variable indigobird, *Vidua funerea*
* Purple indigobird, *Vidua purpurascens*
* Green indigobird, *Vidua codringtoni*
* Parasitic weaver, *Anomalospiza imberbis*

## Old World sparrows
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Passeridae

Viyuni ivi ni viyuni vichoko chomene. Kanandi mpheta ni viyuni vichoko, vyakukhoma, vyafipa panji vyafipa. Viyuni ivi vikurya mbuto, kweni vikurya tuviyuni tuchokotuchoko.

* House sparrow, *Passer domesticus* (I)
* Northern gray-headed sparrow, *Passer griseus*
* Swahili sparrow, *Passer suahelicus*
* Southern gray-headed sparrow, *Passer diffusus*
* Yellow-throated bush sparrow, *Gymnoris superciliaris*

## Wagtails and pipits
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Motacillidae

Motacillidae ni mbumba ya viyuni vichokovichoko ivyo vili na michira yitali. Vinyake mwa vinyama ivi ni viyuni vyamalibwe (wagtails), viyuni vyamalibwe (longclaws), na viyuni vyamalibwe (pipit). Vinyama ivi ni vyamoyo vyakudyerera vinyama ivyo vikurya vyamoyo vinyake.
Mountain wagtail, *Motacilla clara*
*Gray wagtail, *Motacilla cinerea*
*Western yellow wagtail, *Motacilla flava*
*African pied wagtail, *Motacilla aguimp*
*White wagtail, *Motacilla alba* (A)
*African pipit, *Anthus cinnamomeus*
*Woodland pipit, *Anthus nyassae*
*Long-billed pipit, *Anthus similis*
*Plain-backed pipit, *Anthus leucophrys*
*Buffy pipit, *Anthus vaalensis*
*Striped pipit, *Anthus lineiventris*
*Tree pipit, *Anthus trivialis*
*Bush pipit, *Anthus caffer*
*Golden pipit, *Tmetothylacus tenellus* (A)
*Yellow-throated longclaw, *Macronyx croceus*
*Rosy-throated longclaw, *Macronyx ameliae*

## Finches, euphonias, and allies
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.

* Oriole finch, *Linurgus olivaceus*
* Yellow-fronted canary, *Crithagra mozambica*
* Southern citril, *Crithagra hyposticuta*
* Lemon-breasted seedeater, *Crithagra citrinipectus*
* Brimstone canary, *Crithagra sulphurata*
* Yellow-browed seedeater, *Crithagra whytii*
* Black-eared seedeater, *Crithagra mennelli*
* Reichard's seedeater, *Crithagra reichardi*
* Yellow-crowned canary, *Serinus flavivertex*

## Old World buntings
**Order**: Passeriformes**Family**: Emberizidae

Viyuni vya mtundu uwu ni viyuni vikuruvikuru. Ni viyuni vyakurya mbuto ivyo vili na mphuno zakupambanapambana. Mitundu yinandi ya ŵanthu yili na mitu yakupambanapambana.

* Cabanis's bunting, *Emberiza cabanisi*
* Golden-breasted bunting, *Emberiza flaviventris*
* Cape bunting, *Emberiza capensis*
* Vincent's bunting, *Emberiza vincenti*
* Cinnamon-breasted bunting, *Emberiza tahapisi*

## Wonaniso

* List of birds
* Lists of birds by region

## Ukaboni


* African Bird Club & Dowsett, Bob (2007) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208160811/http://www.africanbirdclub.org/fpdf/test32.php Checklist of the Birds of Malawi]*. Retrieved on 30 December 2007.
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* Dowsett-Lemaire, Françoise & Dowsett, Robert J. (2006) *The Birds of Malawi*, Tauraco Press & Aves, Liège, Belgium.
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## External links

* Birds of Malawi - World Institute for Conservation and Environment