Birding trips in Kafue National Park Zambia
Birding trips in Kafue National Park Zambia – Zambia safaris and tours
Birding trips in Kafue National Park – The acentric Kafue national park is Zambia’s largest and oldest national park Spanning an area of 22400km. The park attained its national park status (formation) in the 1950s. A huge fraction of the national park still remains uncharted thereby giving more access to the continuous development of the rich wildlife, plant and bird species. Kafue national park also derives its attraction and uniqueness from its size and the wild game that is holds.
All over the national park, the consistent Kafue River flows trailing a well-articulated course and its deviates and widens is areas where rocks seem harder and renders the flowing process impossible to go through them. the park has a wide array of activities that travellers can embark on, some of which include fishing, birding, game drives and canoe trips.
With its diversity of habitats, Kafue is Zambia’s best birding destination with over 495 species recorded, roughly as much as the whole of Europe. The rivers, wetlands, floodplains and mambo woodland offer a variety of environments for different species.
birding trips in kafue National park – The wetlands and floodplains have the full range of herons, storks and ibises, plus crowned and wattled cranes, bustards, secretary birds and geese by the thousand.
The most sought-after species are Pel’s fishing owl, the near-endemic black-cheeked lovebird, wattled and crowned crane, African fin-foot and Zambia’s only endemic bird, Chaplin’s BarbetAfrican finfoo Black-cheeked lovebird (NE) Böhm’s bee-eater
- Brown-headed apalis
- Chaplin’s barbet (E)
- Chestnut-backed sparrow-weaver
- Collared palm-thrush
- Denham’s bustard
- Grey crowned crane
- Grey tit-flycatcher
- Miombo pied barbet
- Miombo rock thrush
- Narina trogon
- Olive woodpecker
- Pale-billed hornbill
- Pel’s fishing-owl
- Purple-crested turaco
- Racket-tailed roller
- Ross’s turaco
- Southern white-faced owl
- Souza’s shrike
- Spotted creeper
- Wattled crane
- Yellow-throated leaf-lov
Birder favourites such as bee-eaters, rollers, kingfishers, hornbills, vultures and eagles can also be sighted in the park, making it very difficult for you to put down your binoculars.
Kafue is a great birding destination year-round. However, the best time is during the wet, summer months, from November to April, when migrants are present. General wildlife viewing is best in the dry months, from July to October.