Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Limpopo
Kruger NP – Letaba Camp
387 species and 24,443 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 208 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Great EgretArdea alba
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Olifants Camp23 km374 species
- Kruger NP – Mopani Camp41 km362 species
- Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River46 km351 species
- Kruger NP – H7/Orpen-Satara Road62 km355 species
- Kruger NP – Satara Camp63 km432 species
All 387 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Letaba Camp?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 208 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Letaba Camp?
387 species, from 24,443 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Letaba Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Natal Spurfowl, Red-winged Starling, Blacksmith Lapwing and Laughing Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.