South Africa · Limpopo
Nylsvley Nature Reserve
387 species and 20,038 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and March, with up to 235 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Rufous-naped LarkCorypha africana121 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 387 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mkhombo Nature Reserve55 km363 species
- Zaagkuildrift Rd73 km390 species
All 387 species recorded here
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nylsvley Nature Reserve?
January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 235 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nylsvley Nature Reserve?
387 species, from 20,038 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nylsvley Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Helmeted Guineafowl, Southern Masked Weaver, European Bee-eater, Fork-tailed Drongo and Grey Go-away-bird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.