Mozambique · Sofala
M'phingwe Lodge
250 species and 2,970 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Bearded Scrub RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloides
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Coutada 1226 km283 species
All 250 species recorded here
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at M'phingwe Lodge?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at M'phingwe Lodge?
250 species, from 2,970 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at M'phingwe Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-chested Cuckoo, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Bearded Scrub Robin, Black-backed Puffback and Hadada Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.