South Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Bonamanzi GR
377 species and 16,002 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 200 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica200 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 377 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Phinda GR – Airfield22 km438 species
- iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores29 km409 species
- St Lucia – iGwalagwala Trail38 km345 species
- St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth39 km398 species
- Manyoni GR – Zebra Hills Lodge40 km322 species
- Mpempe Pan42 km309 species
All 377 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bonamanzi GR?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 200 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bonamanzi GR?
377 species, from 16,002 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bonamanzi GR in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Red-chested Cuckoo, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Hadada Ibis and Yellow-bellied Greenbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.