Drive through the Golomoti escarpment and Dedza through Lilongwe, then an hour and a half to Dzalanyama Forest Reserve. Explore various locations to spot the specialties of the area. Do birding in the rich miombo woodlands. Some of the many target birds include Pale-billed Hornbill, Whyte's Barbet, Miombo Pied Barbet, Stierling's Woodpecker, Miombo Scrub Robin, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Rufous-bellied Tit, Whitetailed Blue Flycatcher, Souza's Shrike, Anchieta's Sunbird, Shelley's Sunbird, and the rare Olive-headed Weaver.
Along with these should be a number of typical Miombo birds such as Green-backed Honeybird, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Spotted Creeper, Miombo Tit, Retz's Helmetshrike, Wood Pipit, Miombo Rock Thrush, Southern Hyliota, Red-throated Twinspot, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Miombo Double-collared Sunbird, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Black-eared Seedeater, and Cabanis's Bunting.
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Head off to the shores of Lake Malawi at Makuzi Beach, south of Chintheche. Remnants of lowland evergreen forest en route support East Coast Akalat, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Green-backed Woodpecker, Black Saw-wing, Grey-olive Greenbul, Purple-banded Sunbird, Eastern Nicator, African Broadbill, and Olive Sunbird. If time allows search for Lemonbreasted Canary on the floodplain.
Read MoreDuring the summer months a large variety of birds migrate to the park and bird watching is common between June and September. Birds of Kasungu National Park include; Red-billed Teal, Yellow-billed Duck, Little Grebe.
Read MoreLake Malawi attracts a number of birds which favour either the water or islands or the particular vegetation of the shorelands. The African fish eagle is the Pride of the lake and is Malawi's national bird.
Read MoreLengwe's special birds include Western Banded Snake Eagle, Brown-headed Parrot, Crowned Hornbill, African Golden Oriole, African Paradise Flycatcher, Retz's Helmetshrike, Miombo Blue-eared Starling, Variable Sunbird, African Yellow White-eye, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, and Red-headed Weaver.
Read MoreBirds to see here include; African Finfoot, White-backed Night Heron, Schalow'sTuraco, Half-collared Kingfisher, African Broadbill, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Mountain Wagtail, and Pied Mannikin.
Read MoreAn afternoon game activity adds many waterbirds to the list, possibly including specials like White-backed Night Heron, White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose, Lesser Jacana, White-crowned Lapwing, Long-toed Lapwing, Gull-billed Tern, African Skimmer, Black Coucal, and Southern Brown-throated Weaver.
Read MoreBirds include the African Finfoot, Böhm's Bee-eater, Egyptian Goose, and Racket-tailed Roller, as well as others in the Anseriformes order.
Read MoreBirds of Mount Mulanje include; ThyoloAlethes, plus Red-faced Crimsonwing, Green Twinspot, Yellow-streaked Greenbul, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Cape/Malawi Batis, Silverycheeked Hornbill, Yellow-throated Apalis, Mountain Wagtail.
Read MoreSome 280 species of bird have been recorded in the reserve and there are likely to be considerably more than this figure. They vary in size from tiny iridescent kingfishers to large martial eagles.
Read MoreThe mountain grasslands and forests of the Nyika Plateau are a host of birds that are scarce or absent elsewhere in Malawi.
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