Mozambique · Inhambane Province
San Sebastian Peninsula – Land – please consider using different hotspots for birding on the sandbars and islands
295 species and 7,718 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, May and September–October, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 295 species recorded here
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Sebastian Peninsula – Land – please consider using different hotspots for birding on the sandbars and islands?
February, May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Sebastian Peninsula – Land – please consider using different hotspots for birding on the sandbars and islands?
295 species, from 7,718 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Sebastian Peninsula – Land – please consider using different hotspots for birding on the sandbars and islands in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Common Greenshank, Eurasian Whimbrel, Little Egret and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.