Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Manicaland Province
Seldomseen
295 species and 9,314 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and September, with up to 99 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotata
Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii
Olive BushshrikeChlorophoneus olivaceus
Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyi
Stripe-cheeked GreenbulArizelocichla milanjensis
Cape BatisBatis capensis
Chirinda ApalisApalis chirindensis
Roberts's WarblerOreophilais robertsi
Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 295 species recorded here
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Arizelocichla milanjensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- Roberts's Warbler Oreophilais robertsi
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Zambezi Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Seldomseen?
November–January and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 99 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Seldomseen?
295 species, from 9,314 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Seldomseen in November?
The most recorded in November: Olive Sunbird, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Livingstone's Turaco, Olive Bushshrike and Orange Ground Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.