Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Hwange NP, Davison's Camp
195 species and 3,745 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
Rufous-naped LarkCorypha africana
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hwange National Park – Hwange Main Camp49 km362 species
All 195 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- 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 Hwange NP, Davison's Camp?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hwange NP, Davison's Camp?
195 species, from 3,745 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hwange NP, Davison's Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-necked Dove, Grey Crowned Crane, Rufous-naped Lark, Barn Swallow and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.