South Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge
353 species and 13,223 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
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 Rest Camp11 km410 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road15 km348 species
- Marloth Park19 km341 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-132 km343 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp37 km439 species
- Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide40 km311 species
All 353 species recorded here
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
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 to Crocodile Bridge?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge?
353 species, from 13,223 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-backed Vulture, Rattling Cisticola, Helmeted Guineafowl, Ring-necked Dove and Burchell's Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.