Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Hwange National Park – Hwange Main Camp
362 species and 8,877 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa154 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 362 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hwange NP40 km344 species
- Hwange NP, Davison's Camp49 km195 species
All 362 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hwange National Park – Hwange Main Camp?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hwange National Park – Hwange Main Camp?
362 species, from 8,877 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hwange National Park – Hwange Main Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-necked Dove, Black Kite, Fork-tailed Drongo, Arrow-marked Babbler and Lilac-breasted Roller.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.