Bird AlbumZimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Zambezi NP – Zambezi River Dr.
370 species and 5,977 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis172 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 370 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mosi-oa-Tunya NP8 km351 species
- Zambezi river cruise10 km315 species
- Zambezi River Cruise10 km216 species
- Camp Nkwazi10 km265 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge11 km287 species
- Dambwa Lagoons11 km299 species
All 370 species recorded here
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zambezi NP – Zambezi River Dr.?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zambezi NP – Zambezi River Dr.?
370 species, from 5,977 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zambezi NP – Zambezi River Dr. in November?
The most recorded in November: White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Black-backed Puffback, Helmeted Guineafowl, Common Bulbul and Grey Go-away-bird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.