Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Muzi Pan
337 species and 11,052 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–December, with up to 153 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Little SwiftApus affinis
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis150 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 337 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mpempe Pan12 km309 species
- Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide16 km334 species
- Mkhuze GR19 km460 species
- Phinda GR – Airfield25 km438 species
- Manyoni GR – Zebra Hills Lodge39 km322 species
- Bonamanzi GR47 km377 species
All 337 species recorded here
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Muzi Pan?
October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 153 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Muzi Pan?
337 species, from 11,052 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Muzi Pan in November?
The most recorded in November: White-faced Whistling Duck, African Jacana, Squacco Heron, Reed Cormorant and Lesser Striped Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.