Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Mkhuze GR
460 species and 62,054 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–December, with up to 311 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide6 km334 species
- Muzi Pan19 km337 species
- Manyoni GR – Zebra Hills Lodge21 km322 species
- Phinda GR – Airfield22 km438 species
- Mpempe Pan27 km309 species
- Bonamanzi GR42 km377 species
All 460 species recorded here
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Grey Tit Melaniparus afer
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mkhuze GR?
October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 311 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mkhuze GR?
460 species, from 62,054 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mkhuze GR in November?
The most recorded in November: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Common Bulbul, Fork-tailed Drongo, Ring-necked Dove and Violet-backed Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.