South Africa · Limpopo
Kruger NP – Mopani Camp
362 species and 13,315 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and November–December, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Great EgretArdea alba
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba175 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 362 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Letaba Camp41 km387 species
- Kruger NP – Shingwedzi Camp46 km343 species
- Kruger NP – Olifants Camp64 km374 species
All 362 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Mopani Camp?
February and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 175 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Mopani Camp?
362 species, from 13,315 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Mopani Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Laughing Dove, Great Egret, African Jacana and Blacksmith Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.