South Africa · North West
Kgomo-Kgomo
346 species and 23,054 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 223 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied CrowCorvus albus
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zaagkuildrift Rd17 km390 species
- Borakalalo NP29 km362 species
- Mkhombo Nature Reserve78 km363 species
All 346 species recorded here
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kgomo-Kgomo?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 223 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kgomo-Kgomo?
346 species, from 23,054 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kgomo-Kgomo in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, White-faced Whistling Duck, Red-billed Teal, Wood Sandpiper and Yellow-billed Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.