Zambia · Southern Province
Masuku Lodge
309 species and 5,350 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bruce Miller Farm6 km343 species
- Semahwa Farm20 km314 species
All 309 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Chaplin's Barbet Lybius chaplini
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Masuku Lodge?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Masuku Lodge?
309 species, from 5,350 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Masuku Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Broad-billed Roller, African Wattled Lapwing, African Paradise Flycatcher and Red-chested Cuckoo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.