Birds in Mlawula Nature Reserve
The reserve is noteworthy for its high diversity of birdlife, with about 350 species having been recorded in the area, compared with the total of just under 500 species recorded in the whole of Swaziland.
Priority Species
| Regionally Extinct | Southern African Status | International Status | |
| Gyps coprotheres | Cape vulture | Vulnerable | Vulnerable |
| Endangered | Southern African Status | International Status | |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Saddlebilled stork | Endangered | Not listed |
| Sagittarius serpentarius | Secretarybird | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Torgos tracheliotus | Lappetfaced vulture | Vulnerable | Vulnerable |
| Trigonoceps occipitalis | Whiteheaded vulture | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Aquila rapax | Tawny eagle | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Hieraaetus fasciatus | African hawk eagle | Not listed | Not listed |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Vulnerable | Southern African Status | International Status | |
| Gorsachius leuconotus | Whitebacked night heron | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Ciconia nigra | Black stork | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou stork | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Aquila verreauxii | Black eagle | Not listed | Not listed |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial eagle | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Stephanoaetus coronatus | Crowned eagle | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Podica senegalensis | African finfoot | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Glaucidium capense | Barred owl | Not listed | Not listed |
| Smithornis capensis | African broadbill | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Near Threatened | Southern African Status | International Status | |
| Ciconia episcopus | Woollynecked stork | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellowbilled stork | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Gyps africanus | Whitebacked vulture | Vulnerable | Not listed |
| Lophaetus occipitalis | Longcrested eagle | Not listed | Not listed |
| Circaetus gallicus | Blackbreasted snake eagle | Not listed | Not listed |
| Bubo lacteus | Giant eagle owl | Not listed | Not listed |
| Alcedo semitorquata | Halfcollared kingfisher | Near Threatened | Not listed |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Redbilled oxpecker | Near Threatened | Not listed |
