South Africa · Mpumalanga
Marloth Park
341 species and 12,681 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla161 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 341 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge19 km353 species
- Kruger NP – Malelane Gate27 km355 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie Rest Camp30 km410 species
- Kruger NP – Lower Sabie-Nkuhlu Road33 km348 species
- Kruger NP – Berg-en-Dal Camp35 km406 species
- Kruger NP – Skukuza-Nkuhlu Road/H4-145 km343 species
All 341 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Marloth Park?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Marloth Park?
341 species, from 12,681 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Marloth Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Barn Swallow, Egyptian Goose, Blacksmith Lapwing, Common Bulbul and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.