South Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide
311 species and 15,011 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Striated HeronButorides striata
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicolaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp3 km439 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-114 km343 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road30 km348 species
- Kruger NP – Pretoriuskop Rest Camp37 km372 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp39 km410 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge40 km353 species
All 311 species recorded here
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide?
311 species, from 15,011 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide in November?
The most recorded in November: Striated Heron, Water Thick-knee, African Fish Eagle, African Jacana and Village Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.