Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth
398 species and 26,824 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 211 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little TernSternula albifrons
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little StintCalidris minuta
Common TernSterna hirundo211 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 398 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- St Lucia – iGwalagwala Trail2 km345 species
- iSimangaliso WP – Eastern Shores15 km409 species
- Bonamanzi GR39 km377 species
- DO NOT USE** Hluhluwe-Imfolozi GR53 km408 species
- Phinda GR – Airfield60 km438 species
- Mpempe Pan74 km309 species
All 398 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 211 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth?
398 species, from 26,824 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at St Lucia – iMfolozi River mouth in November?
The most recorded in November: White-fronted Plover, Greater Crested Tern, Grey-headed Gull, Grey Heron and Caspian Tern.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.