Zambia · Southern Province
Mosi-oa-Tunya NP
351 species and 12,472 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos180 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 351 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dambwa Lagoons3 km299 species
- Zambezi River Cruise3 km216 species
- Zambezi river cruise3 km315 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge5 km287 species
- Zambezi River5 km241 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls6 km435 species
All 351 species recorded here
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mosi-oa-Tunya NP?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mosi-oa-Tunya NP?
351 species, from 12,472 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mosi-oa-Tunya NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, White-crowned Lapwing, Helmeted Guineafowl and Ring-necked Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.