Mozambique · Sofala
Gorongosa NP – Picada 1 Rd
257 species and 3,819 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Great EgretArdea alba
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorumSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gorongosa NP – Chitengo Camp4 km295 species
- Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NP24 km230 species
All 257 species recorded here
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gorongosa NP – Picada 1 Rd?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gorongosa NP – Picada 1 Rd?
257 species, from 3,819 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gorongosa NP – Picada 1 Rd in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-necked Spurfowl, Burchell's Coucal, Hadada Ibis, Great Egret and Emerald-spotted Wood 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.