South Africa · Mpumalanga
Wakkerstroom area
385 species and 20,007 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 193 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
Cape CrowCorvus capensis
Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Southern FiscalLanius collaris
Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis193 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 385 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wakkerstroom Wetland NR – bridge/causeway2 km276 species
- Wakkerstroom Wetland NR2 km360 species
All 385 species recorded here
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Eastern Clapper Lark Corypha fasciolata
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wakkerstroom area?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 193 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wakkerstroom area?
385 species, from 20,007 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wakkerstroom area in November?
The most recorded in November: African Stonechat, Ant-eating Chat, Hadada Ibis, Southern Red Bishop and Long-tailed Widowbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.