Bird AlbumEswatini · Lubombo Region
Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp
268 species and 2,982 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hlane Royal NP0 km256 species
- Mlawula NR14 km215 species
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research Center19 km260 species
- Mbuluzi Game Reserve20 km297 species
- Mkhaya Game Reserve41 km204 species
- Salinas Zacharia65 km135 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp?
268 species, from 2,982 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Village Weaver, Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo and White-backed Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.