Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River
351 species and 11,030 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 171 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Satara Camp18 km432 species
- Kruger NP – H7/Orpen-Satara Road24 km355 species
- Kruger NP – Olifants Camp27 km374 species
- Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road40 km364 species
- Kruger NP – Letaba Camp46 km387 species
All 351 species recorded here
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 171 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River?
351 species, from 11,030 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River in November?
The most recorded in November: Kori Bustard, Egyptian Goose, Magpie Shrike, Common Ostrich and Little Swift.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.