Bird AlbumEswatini · Shiselweni Region
Royal Jozini Game Reserve
227 species and 1,726 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 91 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide50 km334 species
- Mkhuze GR54 km460 species
- DO NOT USE** Ndumo GR56 km396 species
- Manyoni GR – Zebra Hills Lodge57 km322 species
- Muzi Pan63 km337 species
- Tembe Elephant Park66 km331 species
All 227 species recorded here
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Royal Jozini Game Reserve?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 91 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Royal Jozini Game Reserve?
227 species, from 1,726 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.