Species Information

                                       

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118.  Secretarybird
(Secretarybird )   (Sagittarius serpentarius )
Siswati: dvoye   mabhalane  
Uncommon breeding resident in all regions.

   Eswatini Red Data Status: Endangered
   Southern African Red Data Status: Near Threatened
   International Red Data Status: Not listed

Malolotja Mlawula

Malolotja Information:
A resident species, recorded throughout the year. Nests in the reserve.
Highveld grassland

Malolotja information from the Bird Checklist for Malolotja (printed in the late 1980's, sponsored by the Natural History Society of Eswatini), supplemented with information from Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 1985.

Checklist, comments and distribution information from the Eswatini Bird Atlas by Vincent Parker, digital data provided by the Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (http://www.aviandemographyunit.org). SiSwati names from SNTC and Big Game Parks.