Bird AlbumNamibia · Zambezi Region
Caprivi Houseboat Lodge
352 species and 12,581 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 184 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla184 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 352 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Caprivi Mutoya Lodge17 km302 species
- Chobe NP – Ihaha70 km339 species
All 352 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Caprivi Houseboat Lodge?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 184 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Caprivi Houseboat Lodge?
352 species, from 12,581 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Caprivi Houseboat Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, White-browed Robin-Chat, Schalow's Turaco, Brown-hooded Kingfisher and African Paradise Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.