Zimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Zambezi NP – Chamabonda Vlei
314 species and 4,262 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 83 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster75 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 314 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge11 km287 species
- Zambezi river cruise12 km315 species
- Zambezi NP – Zambezi River Dr.12 km370 species
- Zambezi River Cruise13 km216 species
- Victoria Falls Rain Forest14 km296 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls14 km435 species
All 314 species recorded here
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zambezi NP – Chamabonda Vlei?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 83 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zambezi NP – Chamabonda Vlei?
314 species, from 4,262 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zambezi NP – Chamabonda Vlei in November?
The most recorded in November: Helmeted Guineafowl, Ring-necked Dove, Egyptian Goose, Lesser Grey Shrike 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.