South Africa · Limpopo
Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area
376 species and 16,761 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, with up to 220 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimpSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp4 km338 species
- Kruger NP – Punda Maria Camp38 km375 species
- Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S9939 km328 species
- Kruger NP – Shingwedzi Camp77 km343 species
All 376 species recorded here
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area?
October–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 220 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area?
376 species, from 16,761 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area in November?
The most recorded in November: Meves's Starling, White-fronted Bee-eater, Common Bulbul, Blacksmith Lapwing and Hadada Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.