Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Limpopo
Kruger NP – Punda Maria Camp
375 species and 16,569 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica160 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 375 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Mahonie Loop/S995 km328 species
- Kruger NP – Pafuri Camp37 km338 species
- Kruger NP – Pafuri/S63 area38 km376 species
- Kruger NP – Shingwedzi Camp63 km343 species
All 375 species recorded here
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Punda Maria Camp?
October–February. 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 – Punda Maria Camp?
375 species, from 16,569 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Punda Maria Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Fork-tailed Drongo, Laughing Dove, Ring-necked Dove and Emerald-spotted Wood Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.