South Africa · Limpopo
Polokwane GR
340 species and 22,639 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 199 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Short-clawed LarkCerthilauda chuana
Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 340 species recorded here
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Polokwane GR?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 199 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Polokwane GR?
340 species, from 22,639 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Polokwane GR in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Waxbill, Grey Go-away-bird, Diederik Cuckoo, Swainson's Spurfowl and African Palm Swift.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.