Zimbabwe · Masvingo Province
Gonarezhou NP – Chipinda Pools
315 species and 4,031 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Common HoopoeUpupa epopsSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 315 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gonarezhou NP – Chipinda Pools?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gonarezhou NP – Chipinda Pools?
315 species, from 4,031 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gonarezhou NP – Chipinda Pools in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Natal Spurfowl, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Laughing Dove and Blue Waxbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.