🇲🇼Animals recorded in Malawi

Which animals have been recorded in Malawi? 13,075 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat, Gray-bellied Mouse, East African Praomys.

• 13,075 records
• 1,200+ species
• 15 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat, Gray-bellied Mouse, East African Praomys. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Malawi

	Animal	Group	Records
	Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat Rhabdomys dilectus	Mammalia Muridae	277
	Gray-bellied Mouse Mus triton	Mammalia Muridae	270
	East African Praomys Praomys delectorum	Mammalia Muridae	260
	Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew Crocidura luna	Mammalia Soricidae	235
	Machangu’s Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys machangui	Mammalia Muridae	219
	White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	Aves Muscicapidae	174
	Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea	Aves Nectariniidae	166
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	144
	Red Veld Aethomys Aethomys chrysophilus	Mammalia Muridae	113
	Hildegarde's Shrew Crocidura hildegardeae	Mammalia Soricidae	111
	Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina	Aves Nectariniidae	105
	Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri	Aves Pycnonotidae	103
	Common Grammomys Grammomys dolichurus	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla	Aves Malaconotidae	95
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	92
	Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus	Aves Estrildidae	90
	Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	Aves Estrildidae	83
	African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis	Aves Zosteropidae	82
	Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat Epomophorus wahlbergi	Mammalia Pteropodidae	81
	Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris	Aves Nectariniidae	81
	Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	73
	Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus	Aves Nectariniidae	73
	Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat Beamys major	Mammalia Nesomyidae	72
	White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus	Aves Prionopidae	67
	Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	66
	Eastern Arc Wood Mouse Hylomyscus arcimontensis	Mammalia Muridae	64
	Variable Reed Frog Hyperolius pictus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	62
	Banana Bat Afronycteris nanus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	61
	Dark-colored Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys aquilus	Mammalia Muridae	59
	Common River Frog Amietia angolensis	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	58
	Sphex haemorrhoidalis	Insecta Sphecidae	57
	Southern African Spiny Mouse Acomys spinosissimus	Mammalia Muridae	57
	Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	56
	Anopheles gambiae	Insecta Culicidae	56
	Natal Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	52
	African Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperidus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	52
	Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens	Aves Muscicapidae	50
	Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta	Aves Platysteiridae	49
	Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris	Aves Muscicapidae	49
	Southern African Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides	Mammalia Muridae	48
	Cape Batis Batis capensis	Aves Platysteiridae	48
	Gray-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris	Aves Pycnonotidae	46
	Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus	Aves Malaconotidae	46
	East African Grammomys Grammomys ibeanus	Mammalia Muridae	45
	Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis	Aves Dicruridae	45
	Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris	Aves Passeridae	45
	African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata	Aves Estrildidae	44
	Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	Aves Turdidae	44
	Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica	Aves Cisticolidae	43
	Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis	Aves Nectariniidae	43
	White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini	Aves Muscicapidae	42
	Dusky-brown Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta	Aves Muscicapidae	41
	Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus	Aves Malaconotidae	41
	Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens	Aves Ploceidae	41
	Marula Fruit Fly Ceratitis cosyra	Insecta Tephritidae	41
	Nyika African Climbing Mouse Dendromus nyikae	Mammalia Nesomyidae	39
	Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris	Aves Nectariniidae	39
	Glistening Demoiselle Phaon iridipennis	Insecta Calopterygidae	38
	Chinspot Batis Batis molitor	Aves Platysteiridae	36
	Sphex nigrohirtus	Insecta Sphecidae	35