Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide
334 species and 13,330 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January and March, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura122 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 334 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mkhuze GR6 km460 species
- Muzi Pan16 km337 species
- Manyoni GR – Zebra Hills Lodge26 km322 species
- Phinda GR – Airfield27 km438 species
- Mpempe Pan27 km309 species
- Bonamanzi GR48 km377 species
All 334 species recorded here
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide?
October–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide?
334 species, from 13,330 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide in November?
The most recorded in November: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Violet-backed Starling, Common Bulbul, Cape Starling and Ring-necked Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.