South Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Satara Camp
432 species and 45,959 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February and September–November, with up to 227 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Little SwiftApus affinis
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
House SparrowPasser domesticusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River18 km351 species
- Kruger NP – H7/Orpen-Satara Road21 km355 species
- Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road22 km364 species
- Kruger NP – Olifants Camp44 km374 species
- Kruger NP – Letaba Camp63 km387 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-164 km343 species
All 432 species recorded here
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Satara Camp?
January–February and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 227 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Satara Camp?
432 species, from 45,959 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Satara Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Burchell's Starling, Little Swift, Mourning Collared Dove, Southern Red-billed Hornbill and Crested Barbet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.