Zimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Hwange NP
344 species and 4,628 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and September, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hwange National Park – Hwange Main Camp40 km362 species
All 344 species recorded here
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hwange NP?
January and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hwange NP?
344 species, from 4,628 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hwange NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Blacksmith Lapwing, Egyptian Goose, Magpie Shrike and White-browed Sparrow-Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.