🇲🇼What animals live in Malawi?

335,386 animal records from Malawi cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 335,386 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Malawi

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	4,168
	Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis	Aves Estrildidae	3,848
	Pied Crow Corvus albus	Aves Corvidae	2,896
	Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla	Aves Malaconotidae	2,803
	Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola	Aves Columbidae	2,603
	Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus	Aves Ploceidae	2,486
	Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus	Aves Meropidae	2,433
	Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis	Aves Dicruridae	2,390
	African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp	Aves Motacillidae	2,375
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	2,361
	Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica	Aves Fringillidae	2,335
	Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos	Aves Columbidae	2,139
	Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus	Aves Nectariniidae	2,137
	African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus	Aves Apodidae	2,056
	White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini	Aves Muscicapidae	2,030
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	1,911
	Hamerkop Scopus umbretta	Aves Scopidae	1,869
	Bronze mannikin Lonchura cucullata	Aves Estrildidae	1,857
	Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii	Aves Hirundinidae	1,785
	Tropical Boubou Laniarius major	Aves Malaconotidae	1,765
	Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor	Aves Pycnonotidae	1,758
	Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	1,730
	Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	1,719
	lesser spotted eagle Aquila pomarina	Aves Accipitridae	1,704
	African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer	Aves Accipitridae	1,658
	Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus	Aves Coraciidae	1,655
	Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus	Aves Coliidae	1,614
	Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis	Aves Ploceidae	1,598
	Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis	Aves Nectariniidae	1,504
	Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala	Aves Estrildidae	1,468
	Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris	Aves Nectariniidae	1,465
	Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea	Aves Nectariniidae	1,421
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	1,396
	Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	Aves Turdidae	1,356
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	1,338
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	1,306
	Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius	Aves Ploceidae	1,251
	Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens	Aves Picidae	1,244
	Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala	Aves Ardeidae	1,225
	Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris	Aves Numididae	1,222
	Garden Warbler Sylvia borin	Aves Sylviidae	1,222
	Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus	Aves Passeridae	1,217
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	1,200
	African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis	Aves Monarchidae	1,191
	Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	Aves Meropidae	1,177
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	1,176
	Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus	Aves Alcedinidae	1,167
	Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata	Aves Muscicapidae	1,149
	African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus	Aves Oriolidae	1,141
	African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	Aves Ciconiidae	1,138
	Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris	Aves Alcedinidae	1,130
	Chinspot Batis Batis molitor	Aves Platysteiridae	1,118
	Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	1,118
	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	1,112
	Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus	Aves Ploceidae	1,095
	African Jacana Actophilornis africanus	Aves Jacanidae	1,092
	Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus	Aves Phoeniculidae	1,086
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	1,066
	Southern Yellow White-eye Zosterops anderssoni	Aves Zosteropidae	1,056
	European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	Aves Meropidae	1,051