South Africa · Gauteng
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
264 species and 26,485 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–January and March, with up to 121 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Cape SparrowPasser melanurus121 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 264 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Eagle Canyon Golf Estate7 km161 species
- Delta Park17 km175 species
- Rietvlei NR50 km359 species
- Suikerbosrand NR60 km325 species
- Marievale Bird Sanctuary73 km334 species
All 264 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden?
August–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 121 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden?
264 species, from 26,485 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in November?
The most recorded in November: Helmeted Guineafowl, Common Bulbul, Hadada Ibis, Red-chested Cuckoo and Southern Boubou.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.