Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Mashonaland West Province
Mana Pools NP – Zambezi River floodplain
250 species and 5,610 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and November, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis141 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 250 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lower Zambezi NP19 km325 species
- Mana Pools NP19 km363 species
All 250 species recorded here
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mana Pools NP – Zambezi River floodplain?
August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mana Pools NP – Zambezi River floodplain?
250 species, from 5,610 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mana Pools NP – Zambezi River floodplain in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Yellow-billed Stork, Little Egret, White-fronted Bee-eater and Meves's Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.