Zimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Victoria Falls Rain Forest
296 species and 7,085 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 101 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Bearded Scrub RobinTychaedon quadrivirgataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls1 km435 species
- Victoria Falls2 km333 species
- Zambezi River2 km241 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge3 km287 species
- Zambezi River Cruise4 km216 species
- Zambezi river cruise4 km315 species
All 296 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Victoria Falls Rain Forest?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 101 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Victoria Falls Rain Forest?
296 species, from 7,085 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Victoria Falls Rain Forest in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Terrestrial Brownbul, White-browed Robin-Chat, Red-winged Starling and Tropical Boubou.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.