Zimbabwe · Bulawayo Province
Hillside Dams
233 species and 3,979 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis86 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 233 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Matobo NP40 km314 species
All 233 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hillside Dams?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hillside Dams?
233 species, from 3,979 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hillside Dams in November?
The most recorded in November: Fork-tailed Drongo, Common Hoopoe, Pied Crow, Common Bulbul and Crested Barbet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.