Bird AlbumEswatini · Lubombo Region
Mbuluzi Game Reserve
297 species and 8,424 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and June–July, with up to 129 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata66 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 297 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mbuluzi GR – Savanna Research Center3 km260 species
- Mlawula NR10 km215 species
- Hlane Royal NP20 km256 species
- Hlane Royal NP – Ndlovu Camp20 km268 species
- Salinas Zacharia48 km135 species
- Mkhaya Game Reserve61 km204 species
All 297 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mbuluzi Game Reserve?
January and June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 129 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mbuluzi Game Reserve?
297 species, from 8,424 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mbuluzi Game Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Fork-tailed Drongo, Black-backed Puffback, Purple-crested Turaco and White-crested Helmetshrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.