Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road
364 species and 13,462 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 178 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Little SwiftApus affinis
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota160 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 364 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Satara Camp22 km432 species
- Kruger NP – H7/Orpen-Satara Road31 km355 species
- Kruger NP – H1-4/Satara Camp to Olifants River40 km351 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-142 km343 species
- Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide48 km311 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp48 km439 species
All 364 species recorded here
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 178 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road?
364 species, from 13,462 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Satara-Tshokwane Road in November?
The most recorded in November: White-backed Vulture, Bateleur, Swainson's Spurfowl, Lilac-breasted Roller and Magpie Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.