Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Limpopo
Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S99
328 species and 11,879 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
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 – Punda Maria Camp5 km375 species
- Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp37 km338 species
- Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area39 km376 species
- Kruger NP – Shingwedzi Camp68 km343 species
All 328 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S99?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S99?
328 species, from 11,879 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S99 in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-necked Dove, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Violet-backed Starling, Fork-tailed Drongo and Common Hoopoe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.