Arbu
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I'm visiting Victoria Falls from 11-16th March, and trying to decide what the best strategy for birding would be. It seems that the Falls National Park has a very extensive list, so it would be worth birding there, if it's not likely to be too crowded. Going out into some savannah would probably get me some different species, so would be worthwhile. It sounds as if it's not really possible to do this independently, so I probably need to find a guided tour. There are birding tours by boat as well, but they seem rather short, and I wonder if the birding isn't a bit casual on them. I don't have to stay at Victoria Falls, but I'm not in the market for £400/night game lodges. Grateful for any advice. Here are my targets:
| Red-billed Francolin |
| Natal Francolin |
| Swainson's Francolin |
| Burchell's Sandgrouse |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse |
| African Swift |
| Coppery-tailed Coucal |
| African Finfoot |
| Schalow's Turaco |
| Rufous-bellied Heron |
| Slaty Egret |
| Lesser Jacana |
| African Skimmer |
| African Barred Owlet |
| Pel's Fishing-owl |
| Southern Banded Snake-eagle |
| Pale Chanting-goshawk |
| Bradfield's Hornbill |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater |
| Racquet-tailed Roller |
| Anchieta's Barbet |
| Miombo Pied Barbet |
| Brown-faced Barbet |
| Green-backed Honeybird |
| Bennett's Woodpecker |
| Dickinson's Kestrel |
| Taita Falcon |
| Brown-necked Parrot |
| White-breasted Cuckooshrike |
| Retz's Helmetshrike |
| Swamp Boubou |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek |
| Southern Black Tit |
| Dusky Lark |
| Sabota Lark |
| Monotonous Lark |
| Green-capped Eremomela |
| Tinkling Cisticola |
| Chirping Cisticola |
| Neddicky |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul |
| Terrestrial Brownbul |
| Hartlaub's Babbler |
| Southern Pied Babbler |
| Bearded Scrub-robin |
| Kalahari Scrub-robin |
| Collared Palm-thrush |
| Arnot's Chat |
| Anchieta's Sunbird |
| Brown Firefinch |
| Jameson's Firefinch |
| Orange-winged Pytilia |
| African Quailfinch |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah |
| Cuckoo-finch |
| Buffy Pipit |
