Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Tembe Elephant Park
331 species and 11,207 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 153 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucheraniSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- DO NOT USE** Ndumo GR23 km396 species
- Royal Jozini Game Reserve66 km227 species
- Maputo National Park69 km281 species
- Bela Vista Wetlands72 km242 species
- Muzi Pan79 km337 species
- Mkhuze GR – Kumasinga Hide80 km334 species
All 331 species recorded here
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tembe Elephant Park?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 153 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tembe Elephant Park?
331 species, from 11,207 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tembe Elephant Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Barn Swallow, Common Bulbul, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Red-chested Cuckoo and Rattling Cisticola.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.