Birds of Lesotho

List of Common Birds Found in Lesotho

Native Birds

• African Darter
• African Fish-eagle
• African Harrier-hawk
• African Hoopoe
• African Jacana
• African Marsh Harrier
• African Olive Pigeon
• African Palm Swift
• African Paradise Flycatcher
• African Pied Wagtail
• African Pipit
• African Pygmy Kingfisher
• African Quailfinch
• African Rail
• African Red-eyed Bulbul
• African Reed Warbler
• African Rock Pipit
• African Sacred Ibis
• African Snipe
• African Stonechat
• African Yellow Warbler
• Banded Martin
• Barratt’s Warbler
• Black-collared Barbet
• Black Crake
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-headed Oriole
• Blue Crane
• Blue Korhaan
• Buff-streaked Chat
• Cape Batis
• Cape Canary
• Cape Glossy Starling
• Cape Grassbird
• Cape Grassbird
• Cape Longclaw
• Cape Robin-chat
• Cape Rockjumper
• Cape Sparrow
• Cape Starling
• Cape Vulture
• Cape Wagtail
• Cape Weaver
• Cape White-eye
• Common Waxbill
• Diederik Cuckoo
• Drakensberg Siskin
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Fan-tailed Widowbird
• Gray Crowned Crane
• Gray-headed Gull
• Gray-winged Francolin
• Greater Double-collared Sunbird
• Greater Honeyguide
• Greater Kestrel
• Greater Painted-snipe
• Ground Woodpecker
• Gurney’s Sugarbird
• Jackal Buzzard
• Large-billed Lark
• Lesser Striped Swallow
• Levaillant’s Cisticola
• Little Grebe
• Little Swift
• Malachite Go-away-bird
• Malachite Kingfisher
• Malachite Sunbird
• Monarch Flycatcher
• Mountain Pipit
• Mountain Wheatear
• Northern Black Korhaan
• Olive Thrush
• Orange-breasted Waxbill
• Plain-backed Pipit
• Red-billed Teal
• Red-chested Flufftail
• Red-throated Wryneck
• Red-winged Francolin
• Sentinel Rock Thrush
• Southern Bald Ibis
• Southern Boubou
• Southern Double-collared Sunbird
• Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
• Southern Tchagra
• Speckled Pigeon
• Swee Waxbill
• Three-banded Plover
• White-breasted Cormorant
• White-browed Robin-chat
• White-throated Swallow
• White-winged Tern
• Wing-snapping Cisticola
• Yellow-bellied Greenbul
• Yellow-billed Duck
• Yellow Bishop
• Yellow-breasted Pipit
• Yellow-fronted Canary

Non-native Birds

• Cape Teal
• Common Myna
• Denham’s Bustard
• European Starling
• Great Crested Grebe
• Harlequin Quail
• House Sparrow
• Namaqua Sandgrouse
• Rock Pigeon
• Southern Pochard

Some of the best birding sites in Lesotho include Tsehlanyane National Park, Sani Pass, and Mokhotlong Plateau. The peak season for birdwatching in Lesotho typically coincides with the spring and summer months, which are from September to March. During this time, many migratory bird species arrive in Lesotho from their breeding grounds in the northern hemisphere, increasing the diversity of birdlife in the country.