Bird AlbumZambia · Southern Province
Dambwa Lagoons
299 species and 8,528 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 137 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Pied CrowCorvus albus137 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 299 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mosi-oa-Tunya NP3 km351 species
- Zambezi River Cruise3 km216 species
- Zambezi River3 km241 species
- Zambezi river cruise3 km315 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls4 km435 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge5 km287 species
All 299 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dambwa Lagoons?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 137 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dambwa Lagoons?
299 species, from 8,528 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dambwa Lagoons in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, African Jacana, Squacco Heron, African Swamphen and White-faced Whistling Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.