Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road
348 species and 15,610 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus165 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 348 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp9 km410 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge15 km353 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-119 km343 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp27 km439 species
- Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide30 km311 species
- Marloth Park33 km341 species
All 348 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road?
348 species, from 15,610 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road in November?
The most recorded in November: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Arrow-marked Babbler, Blacksmith Lapwing, Blue Waxbill and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.