Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Harare Province
Monavale Marsh
217 species and 3,963 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 101 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus85 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 217 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Marlborough Vlei Sewage Works8 km218 species
- Mukuvisi Woodlands10 km278 species
- Cleveland Dam/Haka Game Park15 km311 species
- Gosho Park77 km271 species
All 217 species recorded here
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Monavale Marsh?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 101 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Monavale Marsh?
217 species, from 3,963 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Monavale Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Pied Crow, Western Cattle Egret, Red-eyed Dove and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.