Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
372 species and 13,849 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and November, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Berg-en-Dal Camp34 km406 species
- Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide37 km311 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp38 km439 species
- Kruger NP – Malelane Gate42 km355 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-150 km343 species
- Marloth Park56 km341 species
All 372 species recorded here
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- 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 – Pretoriuskop Rest Camp?
February and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Pretoriuskop Rest Camp?
372 species, from 13,849 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Pretoriuskop Rest Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Blue-eared Starling, Black-collared Barbet, Helmeted Guineafowl, Grey Go-away-bird and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.