Zambia · Eastern Province
Luambe NP
270 species and 5,013 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 143 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
- South Luangwa NP67 km390 species
- South Luangwa NP – Mfuwe Lodge74 km338 species
All 270 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Zambezi Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
- Böhm's Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Luambe NP?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Luambe NP?
270 species, from 5,013 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Luambe NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Southern Carmine Bee-eater, African Fish Eagle, White-backed Vulture, Hooded Vulture and White-headed Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus