Zambia · Lusaka Province
Lower Zambezi NP
325 species and 5,035 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June and October, with up to 128 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mana Pools NP – Zambezi River floodplain19 km250 species
- Mana Pools NP27 km363 species
All 325 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lower Zambezi NP?
June and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 128 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lower Zambezi NP?
325 species, from 5,035 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lower Zambezi NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Egyptian Goose, White-fronted Bee-eater, Crowned Hornbill and Eastern Crested Guineafowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.