Zimbabwe · Matabeleland South Province
Matobo NP
314 species and 3,892 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 87 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus45 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 314 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hillside Dams40 km233 species
All 314 species recorded here
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Matobo NP?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 87 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Matobo NP?
314 species, from 3,892 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Matobo NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-winged Starling, Verreaux's Eagle, Black Kite, Fork-tailed Drongo and Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.