Zimbabwe · Matabeleland North Province
Zambezi river cruise
315 species and 9,970 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, September and November, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
African DarterAnhinga rufa
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Black KiteMilvus migrans108 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 315 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zambezi River Cruise1 km216 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge2 km287 species
- Mosi-oa-Tunya NP3 km351 species
- Dambwa Lagoons3 km299 species
- Zambezi River4 km241 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls4 km435 species
All 315 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zambezi river cruise?
July, September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zambezi river cruise?
315 species, from 9,970 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zambezi river cruise in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, African Openbill, Western Cattle Egret, Reed Cormorant and African Skimmer.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.