Bird AlbumZambia · Northern Province
South Luangwa NP – Mfuwe Lodge
338 species and 8,949 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, August and November, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- South Luangwa NP12 km390 species
- Luambe NP74 km270 species
All 338 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at South Luangwa NP – Mfuwe Lodge?
May, August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at South Luangwa NP – Mfuwe Lodge?
338 species, from 8,949 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at South Luangwa NP – Mfuwe Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl, Meves's Starling, African Sacred Ibis and Lilac-breasted Roller.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.