Bird AlbumMozambique · Sofala
Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NP
230 species and 2,856 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 132 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pale BatisBatis soror
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gorongosa NP – Chitengo Camp22 km295 species
- Gorongosa NP – Picada 1 Rd24 km257 species
All 230 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Zambezi Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NP?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 132 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NP?
230 species, from 2,856 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Miombo Woodland – Road to Gorongosa NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Fork-tailed Drongo, Black-backed Puffback, Helmeted Guineafowl, Red-eyed Dove and African Paradise Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.