Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Manicaland Province
Aberfoyle Lodge
286 species and 11,232 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February and October, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla70 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 286 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wamba Marsh4 km229 species
- Katiyo Tea Estate11 km282 species
All 286 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Arizelocichla milanjensis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Zambezi Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Roberts's Warbler Oreophilais robertsi
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common Swift Apus apus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aberfoyle Lodge?
January–February and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aberfoyle Lodge?
286 species, from 11,232 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aberfoyle Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-browed Robin-Chat, Common Bulbul, Mountain Wagtail, Variable Sunbird and Brown-hooded Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.