South Africa · North West
Pilanesberg NP
373 species and 27,993 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 224 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Borakalalo NP74 km362 species
All 373 species recorded here
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pilanesberg NP?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 224 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pilanesberg NP?
373 species, from 27,993 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pilanesberg NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Egyptian Goose, Natal Spurfowl, Grey Go-away-bird and Helmeted Guineafowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.