Caprivi Birding Tour November 2023

Home to more than 430 bird species, the Zambezi Region is a birder's paradise. During our time in the region, we will target some of the below species:

Key Species: Rufous-bellied Tit, Souza’s Shrike, Sharp-tailed Starling, Racket-tailed Roller, Slaty Egret, Pel’s and African Barred Owlet, African Skimmer, Rock and Collared Pratincoles, Arnot’s Chat, Shelley’s and Purple-banded Sunbirds, African Finfoot, Western-Banded Snake-Eagle, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Eastern Nicator, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Trumpeter Hornbill, Schalow’s Turaco, Lesser Jacana, Wattled Crane, Brown Fire-finch, Allen’s Gallinule, Luapula Cisticola, Saddle-billed Stork, Pennant-winged and Swamp Nightjar, African Pygmy Goose, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Southern Ground Hornbill, Green-capped Eremomela, Green-backed and Brown-backed Honeybird, Greater Swamp Warbler and Stierling’s Wren-Warbler.

Other Species: Crested and Black-collared Barbet, Bearded and Bennett’s Woodpeckers, Grey-hooded (Chestnut–bellied), Pied, Giant, Brown-hooded, Half-collared and Malachite Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, Village, Southern Brown-throated, Thick-billed, Village, Golden (Holub’s) and Spectacled Weaver, Tinkling and Chirping Cisticola, White-backed Night Heron, Goliath Heron, Black Heron, Cattle, Intermediate, Little and Great Egrets, Swamp and Tropical Boubou, Kurrichane Buttonquail, African Golden Oriole, African Yellow White-eye, Southern Black Tit, Dark Chanting Goshawk, White-browed, Black, Coppery-tailed and Senegal Coucal, Hartlaub’s and Arrow-marked Babbler, White-browed (Heuglin’s) Robin Chat, Bearded and White-Browed Scrub Robin, Little, White-fronted, Blue-cheeked and Southern Carmine Bee-eaters and Broad-billed Roller.

Habitat: A good selection of habitats are on offer from broad-leafed, brachystegia and riparian woodlands, to vegetated dunes and ancient drainage lines with established Acacia, Terminalia and Combretum woodland and permanent rivers, swamps and floodplain areas.

This tour starts and ends in Katima Mulilo with optional transfers to and from Kasane and/or Vic Falls.