Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores
409 species and 26,677 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–December, with up to 207 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Common BuzzardButeo buteoSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth15 km398 species
- St Lucia – iGwalagwala Trail16 km345 species
- Bonamanzi GR29 km377 species
- Phinda GR – Airfield47 km438 species
- DO NOT USE** Hluhluwe-Imfolozi GR57 km408 species
- Mpempe Pan59 km309 species
All 409 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores?
September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 207 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores?
409 species, from 26,677 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores in November?
The most recorded in November: Barn Swallow, Rattling Cisticola, Black Kite, Brown-hooded Kingfisher and Red-breasted 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.