Bird AlbumZambia · Southern Province
Nampene Island
312 species and 6,951 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 233 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus111 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 312 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cresta Mowana Lodge23 km314 species
- Chobe Safari Lodge24 km346 species
- Chobe River – boat trip24 km390 species
- Chobe River – west of Kasane27 km412 species
- Clipper Line Fish Farm27 km306 species
- Camp Nkwazi29 km265 species
All 312 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nampene Island?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 233 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nampene Island?
312 species, from 6,951 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nampene Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, White-browed Robin-Chat, Red-eyed Dove, Tawny-flanked Prinia and Reed Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.