Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Western Cape
Harold Porter Botanical Gardens
169 species and 26,449 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–December, with up to 91 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
Cape BatisBatis capensis
Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis
Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis87 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 169 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Stony Point – Penguin Colony4 km161 species
- Rooi-Els11 km174 species
- Paardevlei31 km199 species
- Macassar Sewage Works34 km186 species
- Table Mt. NP – Cape of Good Hope42 km168 species
- Table Mt. NP – Cape Point Section46 km186 species
All 169 species recorded here
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Victorin's Warbler Cryptillas victorini
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Cape Siskin Crithagra totta
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens?
September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 91 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens?
169 species, from 26,449 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens in November?
The most recorded in November: Cape White-eye, Cape Robin-Chat, Olive Thrush, African Dusky Flycatcher and African Paradise Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.