South Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
DO NOT USE** Hluhluwe-Imfolozi GR
408 species and 11,127 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bonamanzi GR43 km377 species
- Manyoni GR – Zebra Hills Lodge52 km322 species
- St Lucia – iGwalagwala Trail52 km345 species
- St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth53 km398 species
- iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores57 km409 species
- Phinda GR – Airfield57 km438 species
All 408 species recorded here
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at DO NOT USE** Hluhluwe-Imfolozi GR?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at DO NOT USE** Hluhluwe-Imfolozi GR?
408 species, from 11,127 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at DO NOT USE** Hluhluwe-Imfolozi GR in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, White-backed Vulture, Red-billed Oxpecker, Common Bulbul and Barn Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.