South Africa · North West
Borakalalo NP
362 species and 15,317 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 196 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African DarterAnhinga rufa
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kgomo-Kgomo29 km346 species
- Zaagkuildrift Rd45 km390 species
- Pilanesberg NP74 km373 species
All 362 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Borakalalo NP?
October–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 196 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Borakalalo NP?
362 species, from 15,317 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Borakalalo NP in November?
The most recorded in November: African Darter, African Fish Eagle, Great Cormorant, Cape Starling and Burchell's Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.