Bird AlbumZambia · Southern Province
Zambezi River
241 species and 3,510 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata86 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 241 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zambezi River near Victoria Falls2 km435 species
- Victoria Falls Rain Forest2 km296 species
- Victoria Falls3 km333 species
- Zambezi River Cruise3 km216 species
- Dambwa Lagoons3 km299 species
- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge4 km287 species
All 241 species recorded here
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zambezi River?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zambezi River?
241 species, from 3,510 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zambezi River in November?
The most recorded in November: African Openbill, Reed Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, Wire-tailed Swallow and African Jacana.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.