Zimbabwe · Manicaland Province
Wamba Marsh
229 species and 3,798 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and November, with up to 85 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta80 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 229 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aberfoyle Lodge4 km286 species
- Katiyo Tea Estate8 km282 species
All 229 species recorded here
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Arizelocichla milanjensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Chirinda Apalis Apalis chirindensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Roberts's Warbler Oreophilais robertsi
- Zambezi Indigobird Vidua codringtoni
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wamba Marsh?
February and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 85 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wamba Marsh?
229 species, from 3,798 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wamba Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Black Saw-wing, Sombre Greenbul, Tambourine Dove and Common Waxbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.