Zambia · Western Province
Liuwa Plain NP
338 species and 8,125 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
RuffCalidris pugnax
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
Eastern Clapper LarkCorypha fasciolata
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicolaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 338 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Liuwa Plain NP?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Liuwa Plain NP?
338 species, from 8,125 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Liuwa Plain NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Ruff, Grey Crowned Crane, Barn Swallow and Bateleur.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.