Eswatini · Lubombo Region
Hlane Royal NP
256 species and 2,555 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September and November, with up to 59 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp0 km268 species
- Mlawula NR13 km215 species
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research Center19 km260 species
- Mbuluzi Game Reserve20 km297 species
- Mkhaya Game Reserve41 km204 species
- Salinas Zacharia65 km135 species
All 256 species recorded here
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hlane Royal NP?
September and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 59 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hlane Royal NP?
256 species, from 2,555 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hlane Royal NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Yellow-fronted Canary, Three-banded Plover, Blacksmith Lapwing and Violet-backed 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.