South Africa · Limpopo
Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp
338 species and 10,708 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January and May, with up to 166 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini163 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 338 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area4 km376 species
- Kruger NP – Punda Maria Camp37 km375 species
- Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S9937 km328 species
- Kruger NP – Shingwedzi Camp79 km343 species
All 338 species recorded here
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp?
October–January and May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 166 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp?
338 species, from 10,708 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: White-fronted Bee-eater, Meves's Starling, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Green-backed Camaroptera and White-crowned 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.