Zambia · Northwestern Province
Kafue NP – Busanga Plains
352 species and 5,462 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 222 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Musekese Camp54 km316 species
All 352 species recorded here
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Locust Finch Paludipasser locustella
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black-backed Barbet Pogonornis minor
- Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Chaplin's Barbet Lybius chaplini
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kafue NP – Busanga Plains?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 222 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kafue NP – Busanga Plains?
352 species, from 5,462 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kafue NP – Busanga Plains in November?
The most recorded in November: African Fish Eagle, African Openbill, Black Kite, Northern Fiscal and European Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster