South Africa · Mpumalanga
Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp
439 species and 63,883 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 266 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Little SwiftApus affinis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini266 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 439 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Lake Panic Bird Hide3 km311 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-112 km343 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road27 km348 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp36 km410 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge37 km353 species
- Kruger NP – Pretoriuskop Rest Camp38 km372 species
All 439 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 266 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp?
439 species, from 63,883 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kruger NP – Skukuza Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Black-collared Barbet, Hadada Ibis, Greater Blue-eared Starling and African Green Pigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.