South Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp
410 species and 34,521 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January, with up to 221 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Little SwiftApus affinis
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road9 km348 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge11 km353 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-128 km343 species
- Marloth Park30 km341 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp36 km439 species
- Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide39 km311 species
All 410 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
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 Rest Camp?
September–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 221 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp?
410 species, from 34,521 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Egyptian Goose, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Southern Masked Weaver and Lesser Striped Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.