Bird AlbumZambia · Southern Province
Victoria Falls
333 species and 6,382 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and October, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi85 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 333 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Victoria Falls Rain Forest2 km296 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls2 km435 species
- Zambezi River3 km241 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge5 km287 species
- Zambezi River Cruise5 km216 species
- Dambwa Lagoons6 km299 species
All 333 species recorded here
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Victoria Falls?
August and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Victoria Falls?
333 species, from 6,382 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Victoria Falls in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-winged Starling, White-browed Robin-Chat, Common Bulbul, Trumpeter Hornbill and Reed Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.