South Africa · Mpumalanga
Mkhombo Nature Reserve
363 species and 18,092 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, with up to 218 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little StintCalidris minuta
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
RuffCalidris pugnax
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nylsvley Nature Reserve55 km387 species
- Zaagkuildrift Rd62 km390 species
- Kgomo-Kgomo78 km346 species
All 363 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- 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 Mkhombo Nature Reserve?
October–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 218 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mkhombo Nature Reserve?
363 species, from 18,092 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mkhombo Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Grey Heron, Little Stint, Egyptian Goose and Kittlitz's Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.