Zimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
287 species and 6,300 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 89 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Great EgretArdea alba
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca89 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 287 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zambezi river cruise2 km315 species
- Zambezi River Cruise2 km216 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls3 km435 species
- Victoria Falls Rain Forest3 km296 species
- Zambezi River4 km241 species
- Victoria Falls5 km333 species
All 287 species recorded here
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 89 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge?
287 species, from 6,300 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Helmeted Guineafowl, Village Weaver, Blacksmith Lapwing, White-backed Vulture and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.