Bird AlbumZambia · Southern Province
Zambezi River Cruise
216 species and 5,442 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and November, with up to 96 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
African DarterAnhinga rufa86 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 216 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 km315 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge2 km287 species
- Dambwa Lagoons3 km299 species
- Mosi-oa-Tunya NP3 km351 species
- Zambezi River3 km241 species
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls4 km435 species
All 216 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zambezi River Cruise?
January and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 96 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zambezi River Cruise?
216 species, from 5,442 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zambezi River Cruise in November?
The most recorded in November: African Jacana, African Openbill, African Sacred Ibis, Reed Cormorant and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.