Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Western Cape
Kliphoek Salt Pans
196 species and 14,959 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February and September–November, with up to 110 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chestnut-banded PloverAnarhynchus pallidus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Cape TealAnas capensis
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii110 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 196 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- West Coast NP – Seeberg hide36 km196 species
- West Coast NP40 km246 species
- West Coast NP – Geelbek hides vicinity42 km228 species
- West Coast NP – Abrahamskraal hide46 km177 species
- Darling Hills/Groote Post Road74 km184 species
All 196 species recorded here
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Southern Black Korhaan Afrotis afra
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Karoo Lark Calendulauda albescens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Cape Clapper Lark Corypha apiata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii
- Grey Tit Melaniparus afer
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kliphoek Salt Pans?
January–February and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 110 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kliphoek Salt Pans?
196 species, from 14,959 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kliphoek Salt Pans in November?
The most recorded in November: Chestnut-banded Plover, Little Stint, Black-necked Grebe, Greater Flamingo and Common Ringed Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.