Bird AlbumMozambique · Maputo
Salinas Zacharia
135 species and 2,310 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 39 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus39 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 135 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Maputo – Botanic Gardens, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane16 km132 species
- Maputo – North Maputo Bay Tidal Flats23 km148 species
- Macaneta – Wetland, dune forests and coast39 km334 species
- Bela Vista Wetlands45 km242 species
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research Center47 km260 species
- Mbuluzi Game Reserve48 km297 species
All 135 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salinas Zacharia?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 39 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salinas Zacharia?
135 species, from 2,310 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salinas Zacharia in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Pied Kingfisher, Black-winged Stilt and Pied Avocet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.