Bird AlbumMozambique · Maputo
Maputo – Botanic Gardens, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
132 species and 2,172 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and November, with up to 43 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
House CrowCorvus splendens
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis42 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 132 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Maputo – North Maputo Bay Tidal Flats8 km148 species
- Salinas Zacharia16 km135 species
- Macaneta – Wetland, dune forests and coast27 km334 species
- Bela Vista Wetlands42 km242 species
- Maputo National Park55 km281 species
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research Center63 km260 species
All 132 species recorded here
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Maputo – Botanic Gardens, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane?
August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 43 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Maputo – Botanic Gardens, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane?
132 species, from 2,172 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Maputo – Botanic Gardens, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in November?
The most recorded in November: Kurrichane Thrush, House Crow, Laughing Dove, Common Bulbul and African Palm Swift.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.