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Kruger Bird List

Kruger Bird List

A Comprehensive List Of All 500 Birds Found In The Kruger National Park

The Kruger National Park and surrounding private games reserves offer some of the finest birding in Southern Africa, with over 500 species (some found nowhere else). Generally, birding in the park is spectacular, but the Pafuri region in the far north and the lower Sabie and Sabi Sand Game Reserve in the South are stand-out areas.

The below list of Kruger National Park bird species includes almost all of the species that have been recorded in the park, including both resident and migrant birds.

Common species can be seen during most visits to the park and are usually easy to find. Uncommon species may require patience or specialised knowledge to locate, while rare species are rare!

Below is the complete Kruger Bird List with around 500 species; enjoy.

Bird Checklist For The Kruger National Park In South Africa

  • Struthionidae
    • Ostrich
  • Numididae
    • Helmeted Guineafowl
    • Crested Guineafowl
  • Phasianidae
    • Coqui Francolin
    • Shelley's Francolin
    • Crested Francolin
    • Natal Francolin
    • Swainson's Francolin
    • Red-necked Francolin
    • Common Quail
    • Harlequin Quail
    • African Blue Quail
  • Anatidae
    • White-faced Whistling Duck
    • Fulvous Whistling Duck
    • White-backed Duck
    • Spur-winged Goose
    • Comb Duck
    • Egyptian Goose
    • African Pygmy-goose
    • African Black Duck
    • Yellow-billed Duck
    • Cape Shoveler
    • Northern Shoveler
    • Red-billed Duck
    • Garganey
    • Hottentot Teal
    • Southern Pochard
  • Podicipedidae
    • Little Grebe
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Greater Flamingo
    • Lesser Flamingo
  • Ciconiidae
    • Yellow-billed Stork
    • African Openbill
    • Black Stork
    • Abdim's Stork
    • Woolly-necked Stork
    • European White Stork
    • Saddle-bill Stork
    • Marabou
  • Threskiornithidae
    • Sacred Ibis
    • Hadada Ibis
    • Glossy Ibis
    • African Spoonbill
  • Ardeidae
    • Eurasian Bittern
    • Little Bittern
    • Dwarf Bittern
    • White-backed Night Heron
    • Black-crowned Night Heron
    • Striated Heron
    • Squacco Heron
    • Rufous-bellied Heron
    • Cattle Egret
    • Grey Heron
    • Black-headed Heron
    • Goliath Heron
    • Purple Heron
    • Great Egret
    • Intermediate Egret
    • Black Heron
    • Slaty Egret
    • Little Egret
  • Scopidae
    • Hamerkop
  • Pelecanidae
    • Great White Pelican
    • Pink-backed Pelican
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Long-tailed Cormorant/Reed Cormorant
    • Great Cormorant
  • Anhingidae
    • Darter
  • Falconidae
    • African Pygmy Falcon
    • Lesser Kestrel
    • Common Kestrel
    • Dickinson's Kestrel
    • Red-necked Falcon
    • Red-footed Falcon
    • Amur Falcon
    • Sooty Falcon
    • Eurasian Hobby
    • African Hobby
    • Lanner Falcon
    • Peregrine Falcon
  • Accipitridae
    • Secretary Bird
    • Osprey
    • African Cuckoo-Hawk
    • European Honey Buzzard
    • Bat Hawk
    • Black-winged Kite
    • Black Kite
    • African Fish Eagle
    • Palm-nut Vulture
    • Egyptian Vulture
    • Hooded Vulture
    • African White-backed Vulture
    • Cape Griffon
    • White-headed Vulture
    • Lappet-faced Vulture
    • Black-breasted Snake Eagle
    • Brown Snake Eagle
    • Bateleur
    • Western Marsh Harrier
    • African Marsh Harrier
    • Pallid Harrier
    • Montagu's Harrier
    • African Harrier-Hawk
    • Dark Chanting Goshawk
    • Gabar Goshawk
    • African Goshawk
    • Shikra
    • African Little Sparrowhawk
    • Ovambo Sparrowhawk
    • Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
    • Black Sparrowhawk
    • Lizard Buzzard
    • Eurasian Buzzard
    • Mountain Buzzard
    • Long-legged Buzzard
    • Augur Buzzard
    • Jackal Buzzard
    • Lesser Spotted Eagle
    • Tawny Eagle
    • Steppe Eagle
    • Verreaux's Eagle
    • Wahlberg's Eagle
    • African Hawk-Eagle
    • Booted Eagle
    • Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
    • Martial Eagle
    • Long-crested Eagle
    • Crowned Hawk-Eagle
  • Otididae
    • Kori Bustard
    • Red-crested Bustard
    • Black-bellied Bustard
  • Rallidae
    • Buff-spotted Flufftail
    • Red-chested Flufftail
    • African Rail
    • African Crake
    • Corncrake
    • Black Crake
    • Baillon's Crake
    • Spotted Crake
    • Striped Crake
    • Purple Swamphen
    • Allen's Gallinule
    • Common Moorhen
    • Lesser Moorhen
    • Red-knobbed Coot
  • Heliornithidae
    • African Finfoot
  • Gruidae
    • Grey Crowned Crane
  • Turnicidae
    • Common Buttonquail
    • Black-rumped Buttonquail
  • Burhinidae
    • Water Dikkop
    • Spotted Dikkop
  • Recurvirostridae
    • Black-winged Stilt
    • Pied Avocet
  • Charadriidae
    • Blacksmith Plover
    • White-headed Lapwing
    • Lesser Black-winged Lapwing
    • Crowned Plover
    • African Wattled Lapwing
    • Grey Plover/Black-bellied Plover
    • Common Ringed Plover
    • Kittlitz's Sand Plover
    • Three-banded Plover
    • White-fronted Plover
    • Caspian Plover
  • Rostratulidae
    • Greater Painted-snipe
  • Jacanidae
    • African Jacana
  • Scolopacidae
    • African Snipe
    • Whimbrel
    • Common Redshank
    • Marsh Sandpiper
    • Common Greenshank
    • Lesser Yellowlegs
    • Green Sandpiper
    • Wood Sandpiper
    • Common Sandpiper
    • Sanderling
    • Little Stint
    • Baird's Sandpiper
    • Pectoral Sandpiper
    • Curlew Sandpiper
    • Dunlin
    • Ruff
    • Grey Phalarope/Red Phalarope
  • Glareolidae
    • Temminck's Courser
    • Heuglin's Courser
    • Bronze-winged Courser
    • Collared Pratincole
  • Laridae
    • Lesser Black-backed Gull
    • Grey-hooded Gull
    • Whiskered Tern
    • White-winged Black Tern
  • Pteroclididae
    • Double-banded Sandgrouse
  • Columbidae
    • Rock Dove
    • Speckled Pigeon
    • African Olive Pigeon
    • African Lemon Dove
    • European Turtle Dove
    • Mourning Collared Dove
    • Red-eyed Turtle Dove
    • Ring-necked Dove
    • Laughing Dove
    • Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
    • Blue-spotted Wood Dove
    • Tambourine Dove
    • Namaqua Dove
    • African Green Pigeon
  • Psittacidae
    • Brown-necked Parrot
    • Brown Parrot
    • Brown-headed Parrot
  • Musophagidae
    • Knysna Turaco
    • Purple-crested Turaco
    • Grey Go-away Bird
  • Cuculidae
    • Jacobin Cuckoo
    • Levaillant's Cuckoo
    • Great Spotted Cuckoo
    • Thick-billed Cuckoo
    • Red-chested Cuckoo
    • Black Cuckoo
    • Common Cuckoo
    • African Cuckoo
    • Madagascan Cuckoo
    • Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
    • Klaas's Cuckoo
    • African Emerald Cuckoo
    • Dideric Cuckoo
    • Yellowbill
    • African Black Coucal
    • White-browed Coucal
  • Tytonidae
    • Barn Owl
    • Grass Owl
  • Strigidae
    • African Scops Owl
    • Southern White-faced Owl
    • Spotted Eagle-Owl
    • Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
    • Pel's Fishing Owl
    • African Wood Owl
    • Pearl-spotted Owlet
    • African Barred Owlet
    • Marsh Owl
  • Caprimulgidae
    • European Nightjar
    • Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
    • Fiery-necked Nightjar
    • Swamp Nightjar
    • Freckled Nightjar
    • Mozambique Nightjar
    • Pennant-winged Nightjar
  • Apodidae
    • Mottled Spinetailed Swift
    • Böhm's Spinetailed Swift
    • African Palm Swift
    • Alpine Swift
    • Common Swift
    • African Swift
    • Little Swift
    • Horus Swift
    • White-rumped Swift
  • Coliidae
    • Speckled Mousebird
    • Red-faced Mousebird
  • Trogonidae
    • Narina's Trogon
  • Coraciidae
    • Rufous-crowned Roller
    • Racquet-tailed Roller
    • Lilac-breasted Roller
    • European Roller
    • Broad-billed Roller
  • Emberizidae
    • Lark-like Bunting
    • Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
    • Golden-breasted Bunting
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  • Alcedinidae
    • Grey-headed Kingfisher
    • Brown-hooded Kingfisher
    • Striped Kingfisher
    • Woodland Kingfisher
    • African Pygmy Kingfisher
    • Malachite Kingfisher
    • Half-collared Kingfisher
    • Giant Kingfisher
    • Pied Kingfisher
  • Meropidae
    • Little Bee-eater
    • White-fronted Bee-eater
    • Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
    • European Bee-eater
    • Carmine Bee-eater
  • Upupidae
    • Common Hoopoe
  • Phoeniculidae
    • Green Wood Hoopoe
    • Common Scimitarbill
  • Bucerotidae
    • Crowned Hornbill
    • African Grey Hornbill
    • Red-billed Hornbill
    • Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
    • Trumpeter Hornbill
  • Bucorvidae
    • Southern Ground Hornbill
  • Ramphastidae
    • Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
    • Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
    • Acacia Pied Barbet
    • Black-collared Barbet
    • Crested Barbet
  • Indicatoridae
    • Wahlberg's Honeybird
    • Lesser Honeyguide
    • Scaly-throated Honeyguide
    • Greater Honeyguide
  • Picidae
    • Rufous-breasted Wryneck
    • Bennett's Woodpecker
    • Golden-tailed Woodpecker
    • Cardinal Woodpecker
    • Bearded Woodpecker
    • Olive Woodpecker
  • Pittidae
    • African Pitta
  • Platysteiridae
    • Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher
    • Cape Batis
    • Woodwards' Batis
    • Chinspot Batis
    • Black-throated Wattle-eye
  • Malaconotidae
    • White Helmet-shrike
    • Retz's Helmet-shrike
    • Grey-headed Bush Shrike
    • Black-fronted Bush Shrike
    • Olive Bush Shrike
    • Orange-breasted Bush Shrike
    • Gorgeous Bush Shrike
    • Bokmakierie
    • Brown-crowned Tchagra
    • Black-crowned Tchagra
    • Black-backed Puffback
    • Tropical Boubou
    • Southern Boubou
    • Crimson-breasted Gonolek
    • Brubru
  • Campephagidae
    • Grey Cuckoo-shrike
    • White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike
    • Black Cuckoo-shrike
  • Laniidae
    • Magpie-Shrike
    • White-crowned Shrike
    • Red-backed Shrike
    • Lesser Grey Shrike
    • Fiscal Shrike
  • Oriolidae
    • Eurasian Golden Oriole
    • African Golden Oriole
    • Eastern Black-headed Oriole
  • Dicruridae
    • Fork-tailed Drongo
  • Monarchidae
    • Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher
    • African Paradise-flycatcher
  • Corvidae
    • Cape Crow
    • Pied Crow
    • White-necked Raven
  • Paridae
    • Southern Black Tit
  • Remizidae
    • African Penduline Tit
    • Hirundinidae
    • Black Saw-wing
    • Grey-rumped Swallow
    • Plain Martin
    • Collared Sand Martin/Bank Swallow
    • Barn Swallow
    • White-throated Swallow
    • Wire-tailed Swallow
    • Pearl-breasted Swallow
    • Rock Martin
    • Northern House Martin
    • Greater Striped Swallow
    • Lesser Striped Swallow
    • Rufous-chested Swallow
    • Mosque Swallow
  • Alaudidae
    • Monotonous Bushlark
    • Rufous-naped Bushlark
    • Flappet Lark
    • Fawn-coloured Bushlark
    • Sabota Bushlark
    • Dusky Lark
    • Red-capped Lark
    • Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
  • Cisticolidae
    • Red-faced Cisticola
    • Rock-loving Cisticola
    • Rattling Cisticola
    • Winding Cisticola
    • Levaillant's Cisticola
    • Croaking Cisticola
    • Piping Cisticola
    • Zitting Cisticola
    • Desert Cisticola
    • Wing-snapping Cisticola
    • Tawny-flanked Prinia
    • Karoo Prinia
    • Red-winged Warbler
    • Bar-throated Apalis
    • Yellow-breasted Apalis
    • Bleating Warbler
    • Miombo Wren-Warbler
    • Barred Wren-Warbler
  • Pycnonotidae
    • Common Bulbul
    • Sombre Greenbul
    • Yellow-bellied Greenbul
    • Terrestrial Brownbul
    • Yellow-streaked Greenbul
  • Genera Incertae Sedis
    • Eastern Nicator
  • Sylviidae
    • Fan-tailed Grassbird
    • Little Rush Warbler
    • Cape Grassbird
    • River Warbler
    • Lesser Swamp Warbler
    • Great Reed Warbler
    • Sedge Warbler
    • African Reed Warbler
    • Marsh Warbler
    • Olive-tree Warbler
    • Icterine Warbler
    • African Yellow Warbler
    • Southern Hyliota
    • Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
    • Willow Warbler
    • Yellow-bellied Eremomela
    • Green-capped Eremomela
    • Burnt-necked Eremomela
    • Long-billed Crombec
    • Garden Warbler
    • Greater Whitethroat
  • Timaliidae
    • Arrow-marked Babbler
    • Southern Pied Babbler
  • Zosteropidae
    • Cape White-eye
    • African Yellow White-eye
  • Sturnidae
    • Wattled Starling
    • Cape Glossy Starling
    • Greater Blue-eared Starling
    • Meves's Long-tailed Starling
    • Burchell's Starling
    • Black-bellied Glossy Starling
    • Amethyst Starling
    • Red-winged Starling
    • Red-billed Oxpecker
    • Yellow-billed Oxpecker
  • Turdidae
    • Groundscraper Thrush
    • Kurrichane Thrush
  • ​​​​​​​Muscicapidae
    • White-starred Robin
    • Thrush Nightingale
    • Cape Robin-Chat
    • White-throated Robin-Chat
    • White-browed Robin-Chat
    • Red-capped Robin-Chat
    • Collared Palm Thrush
    • Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin
    • Brown Scrub Robin
    • White-browed Scrub Robin
    • Common Stonechat
    • Capped Wheatear
    • Mountain Wheatear
    • Familiar Chat
    • White-headed Black Chat
    • Mocking Cliffchat
    • Cape Rock Thrush
    • Southern Black Flycatcher
    • Pale Flycatcher
    • Mariqua Flycatcher
    • Fiscal-Flycatcher
    • Spotted Flycatcher
    • Ashy Flycatcher
    • African Dusky Flycatcher
    • Grey Tit-Flycatcher
    • Collared Flycatcher
  • ​​​​​​​Nectariniidae
    • Plain-backed Sunbird
    • Collared Sunbird
    • Amethyst Sunbird
    • Scarlet-chested Sunbird
    • Southern Double-collared Sunbird
    • Greater Double-collared Sunbird
    • Mariqua Sunbird
    • Purple-banded Sunbird
    • White-bellied Sunbird
    • Variable Sunbird
  • ​​​​​​​Passeridae
    • White-browed Sparrow Weaver
    • House Sparrow
    • Mossie
    • Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
    • Yellow-throated Petronia
  • ​​​​​​​Ploceidae
    • Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
    • Grosbeak-Weaver
    • Spectacled Weaver
    • Cape Weaver
    • African Golden Weaver
    • Lesser Masked Weaver
    • African Masked Weaver
    • Village Weaver
    • Red-headed Weaver
    • Red-billed Quelea
    • Yellow-crowned Bishop
    • Southern Red Bishop
    • Yellow Bishop
    • Fan-tailed Widowbird
    • White-winged Widowbird
    • Red-collared Widowbird
  • ​​​​​​​Estrildidae
    • Orange-winged Pytilia
    • Green-winged Pytilia
    • Red-headed Finch
    • Cut-throat
    • Green-backed Twinspot
    • Pink-throated Twinspot
    • Red-billed Firefinch
    • African Firefinch
    • Jameson's Firefinch
    • Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu
    • Violet-eared Waxbill
    • Swee Waxbill
    • Common Waxbill
    • Black-faced Waxbill
    • Zebra Waxbill
    • African Quailfinch
    • Bronze Mannikin
    • Black-and-white Mannikin
  • ​​​​​​​Viduidae
    • Village Indigobird
    • Purple Indigobird
    • Dusky Indigobird
    • Pin-tailed Whydah
    • Shaft-tailed Whydah
    • Eastern Paradise Whydah
    • Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
    • Parasitic Weaver
  • ​​​​​​​Motacillidae
    • Yellow Wagtail
    • Cape Wagtail
    • Grey Wagtail
    • Mountain Wagtail
    • African Pied Wagtail
    • Golden Pipit
    • Yellow-throated Longclaw
    • African Pipit
    • Long-billed Pipit
    • Woodland Pipit
    • Buffy Pipit
    • Plain-backed Pipit
    • Tree Pipit
    • Red-throated Pipit
    • Striped Pipit
    • Short-tailed Pipit
    • Bush Pipit
  • Fringillidae
    • Forest Canary
    • Lemon-breasted Canary
    • Yellow-fronted Canary
    • Brimstone Canary
    • Streaky-headed Seedeater
Kruger Park Lodges Map
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    A trip to Greater Kruger National Park in South Africa is an unparalleled experience, allowing visitors to observe some of the world's most spectacular wildlife in their natural habitat.

    With access to exclusive areas of the park, luxurious accommodations, expert guides and personalised service, these private game lodges provide guests with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore and enjoy the African wilderness.

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    Are you looking to immerse yourself in a once-in-a-lifetime African safari experience? Look no further than the iconic Singita Sweni Lodge.

    As one of South Africa’s premier safari lodges, Singita Sweni offers stunningly luxurious accommodations and an abundance of exciting wildlife sightings that will create memories to last a lifetime.

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  • Greater Kruger Family Safari

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  • My 4 Day Kruger Adventure

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    My 4-Day Kruger Adventure was one of the highlights of my travelling; having not visited the area for such a long time, the Kruger National Park was stunning.

    Leaving Cape Town and flying north to OR Tambo and then a 5-hour drive to the Kruger from where we stayed in parks board accommodation.

    My 4 Day Kruger Adventure

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