Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Umlalazi NR
315 species and 12,263 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June and August–December, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corusca
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta109 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 315 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Eshowe – Dlinza Forest32 km305 species
- KwaDukuza – Sappi Stanger hide64 km283 species
All 315 species recorded here
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Umlalazi NR?
June and August–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Umlalazi NR?
315 species, from 12,263 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Umlalazi NR in November?
The most recorded in November: Purple-crested Turaco, Common Bulbul, African Woolly-necked Stork, White-eared Barbet and Yellow-bellied Greenbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.