Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Free State
Benfontein NR
288 species and 21,025 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Northern Black KorhaanAfrotis afraoides
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Little SwiftApus affinisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 288 species recorded here
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Chat Flycatcher Agricola infuscatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
- Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Benfontein NR?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Benfontein NR?
288 species, from 21,025 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Benfontein NR in November?
The most recorded in November: European Bee-eater, Cape Starling, Northern Black Korhaan, Helmeted Guineafowl and Western Cattle Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.