Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Olifants Camp
374 species and 11,894 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Goliath HeronArdea goliath127 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 374 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 Camp23 km387 species
- Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River27 km351 species
- Kruger NP – Satara Camp44 km432 species
- Kruger NP – H7/Orpen-Satara Road49 km355 species
- Kruger NP – Mopani Camp64 km362 species
- Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road66 km364 species
All 374 species recorded here
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Olifants Camp?
October. 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 – Olifants Camp?
374 species, from 11,894 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Olifants Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-winged Starling, Black Kite, Egyptian Goose, Marico Sunbird and White-bellied Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.