Bird AlbumLesotho · Thaba-Tseka District
Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains
118 species and 5,441 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 59 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata
Mountain PipitAnthus hoeschi
Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostris
Sentinel Rock ThrushMonticola explorator
Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi
Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Grey TitMelaniparus afer
Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus50 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 118 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sani Pass3 km136 species
- Black Mountains – East6 km82 species
- Black Mountains – West14 km65 species
- Sani Pass (ZA) – low elevation16 km256 species
All 118 species recorded here
- Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Grey Tit Melaniparus afer
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 59 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains?
118 species, from 5,441 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains in November?
The most recorded in November: Sickle-winged Chat, Mountain Pipit, Cape Bunting, Large-billed Lark and Sentinel Rock Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.