Mozambique · Sofala
Gorongosa NP – Chitengo Camp
295 species and 6,398 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September and November, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Pale BatisBatis soror
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gorongosa NP – Picada 1 Rd4 km257 species
- Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NP22 km230 species
All 295 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gorongosa NP – Chitengo Camp?
September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gorongosa NP – Chitengo Camp?
295 species, from 6,398 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gorongosa NP – Chitengo Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Black-backed Puffback, Collared Palm Thrush, Brown-hooded Kingfisher and Ring-necked Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.