Birdlife
The Mkuze Game Private Game Reserve and the surrounding wetlands are said to be a haven for bird-lovers and ornithologists. There have been over 250 species sighted at Mkuze including the species listed below:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | W
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- Babbler, Arrow-marked
- Barbet, Acacia Pied
- Barbet, Black-collared
- Barbet, Crested
- Bateleur
- Batis, Chinspot
- Bee-eater, European
- Bee-eater, Little
- Bee-eater, White-fronted
- Bishop, Southern Red
- Bittern, Little
- Boubou, Southern
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- Brownbul, Terrestrial
- Brubru
- Bulbul, Dark-capped
- Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted
- Bunting, Golden-breasted
- Bustard, Black.bellied
- Buttonquail, Small
- Buzzard, Forest
- Buzzard, Jackal
- Buzzard, Lizard
- Buzard, Steppe
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- Camaroptera, Green-backed
- Canary, Yellow-fronted
- Chat, Mocking Cliff-
- Cisticola, Croaking
- Cisticola, Levaillant's
- Cisticola, Rattling
- Cisticola, Red-faced
- Cisticola, Zitting
- Coot, Red-knobbed
- Cormorant, Reed
- Cormorant, White-breasted
- Coucal, Black
- Coucal, Burchell's
- Courser, Bronze-winged
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- Crake, African
- Crake, Black
- Crake, Corn
- Crombec, Long-billed
- Crow, Pied
- Cuckoo, African
- Cuckoo, African Emerald
- Cuckoo, Black
- Cuckoo, Common
- Cuckoo, Didrick
- Cuckoo, Jacobin
- Cuckoo, Klaas's
- Cuckoo, Red-chested
- Cuckooshrike, Black
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D |
- Darter, African
- Dove, Cape Turtle-
- Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-
- Dove, Laughing
- Dove, Namaqua
- Dove, Red-eyed
- Dove, Rock
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- Dove, Tambourine
- Drongo, Fork-tailed
- Duck, African black
- Duck, Comb
- Duck, White-Backed
- Duck, White-faced
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- Eagle, African Crowned
- Eagle, African Fish-
- Eagle, African Hawk-
- Eagle, Black-chested Snake-
- Eagle, Booted
- Eagle, Brown Snake-
- Eagle, Lesser Spotted
- Eagle, Long-crested
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- Eagle, Martial
- Eagle, Steppe
- Eagle, Tawny
- Eagle, Wahlberg's
- Egret, Cattle
- Egret, Great
- Egret, Little
- Egret, Yellow-billed
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- Falcon, Amur
- Falcon, Lanner
- Falcon, Pergrine
- Finfoot, African
- Firefinch, African
- Firefinch, Jameson's
- Firefinch, Red-billed
- Fiscal, Common
- Flycatcher, African Dusky
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- Flycatcher, African Paradise-
- Flycatcher, Ashy
- Flycatcher, Pale
- Flycatcher, Southern Black
- Flycatcher, Spotted
- Francolin, Crested
- Francolin, Natal
- Francolin, Shelley's
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- Gallinule, Allen's
- Goose, African Pygmy-
- Goose, Egyptian
- Goose, Spur-winged
- Goshawk, African
- Grassbird, Cape
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- Grebe, Little
- Greenbul, Sombre
- Greenbul, Yellow-bellied
- Greenshank, Common
- Guineafowl, Crested
- Guineafowl, Helmeted
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- Hamerkop
- Harrier, African Marsh-
- Hawk, African Harrier-
- Hawk, Bat
- Helmet-Shrike, White-crested
- Heron, Black
- Heron, Black-Crowned Night-
- Heron, Black-headed
- Heron, Goliath
- Heron, Green-backed
- Heron, Grey
- Heron, Purple
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- Heron, Squacco
- Heron, White-backed Night-
- Hobby, Eurasian
- Honeyguide, Greater
- Hoopoe, African
- Hornbill, African Grey
- Hornbill, Crowned
- Hornbill, Red-billed
- Hornbill, Southern Ground-
- Hornbill, Southern YellowBilled
- Hornbill, Trumpeter
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- Ibis, African Sacred
- Ibis, Glossy
- Ibis, Hadeda
- Ibis, Southern Bald
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- Indigobird, Dusky
- Indigobird, Purple
- Indigobird, Village
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- Kingfisher, African Pygmy-
- Kingfisher, Brown-hooded
- Kingfisher, Giant
- Kingfisher, Grey-headed
- Kingfisher, Half-collared
- Kingfisher, Malachite
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- Kingfisher, Pied
- Kingfisher, Stripped
- Kingfisher, Woodland
- Kite, Black
- Kite, Black-shouldered
- Kite, Yellow-billed
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- Lapwing, African Wattled
- Lapwing, Blacksmith
- Lapwing, Crowned
- Lapwing, Senegal
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- Lark, Dusky
- Lark, Rufous-naped
- Longclaw, Yellow-throated
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- Mannikin, Bronze
- Martin, Brown-throuted
- Martin, Rock
- Moorhen, Common
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- Moorhen, Lesser
- Mousebird, Red-faced
- Mousebird, Speckled
- Myna, Common
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N |
- Neddicky
- Nicator, Eastern
- Nightjar, European
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- Nightjar, Fiery-necked
- Nightjar, Square-tailed
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- Oriole, Black-headed
- Osprey
- Ostrich, Common
- Owl, African Grass-
- Owl, African Scops-
- Owl, African Wood-
- Owl, Barn
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- Owl, Marsh
- Owl, Southern White f. Scops
- Owl, Spotted Eagle-
- Owl, Verreaux's Eagle
- Owlet, Pearl-spotted
- Oxpecker, Red-billed
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- Petronia, Yellow-throated
- Pigeon, African Green-
- Pigeon, Speckled
- Pipet, African
- Pipet, Striped
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- Plover, Kittlitz's
- Plover, Three-banded
- Prinia, Tawney-flanked
- Puffback, Black-backed
- Pytilia, Green-winged
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- Quail, Common
- Quail, Harlequin
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- Rail, African
- Raven, White-necked
- Robin, Bearded Scurb-
- Robin, White-browed Scrub-
- Robin, Chat Cape
- Robin, Chat Red-capped
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- Robin, Chat White-browed
- Robin, Chat White-throated
- Roller, European
- Roller, Lilac-breasted
- Roller, Purple
- Ruff
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- Sandpiper, Common
- Sandpiper, Curlew
- Sandpiper, Wood
- Scimitarbill, Common
- Secretarybird
- Shikra
- Shrike, Gorgeous Bush-
- Shrike, Grey-headed Bush-
- Shrike, Lesser Grey
- Shrike, Orange-breasted Bush-
- Shrike, Red-backed
- Snipe, African
- Snipe, Greater Painted-
- Sparrow, Cape
- Sparrow, House
- Sparrow, S. Grey-headed
- Sparrowhawk, Black
- Sparrowhawk, Rufous-chested
- Spoonbill, African
- Spurfowl, Swainson's
- Starling, Black-bellied
- Starling, Cape Glossy
- Starling, Red-winged
- Starling, Violet-backed
- Starling, Wattled
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- Stilt, Black-winged
- Stonechat, African
- Stork, Black
- Stork, Marabou
- Stork, White
- Stork, Woolly-necked
- Stork, Yellow-billed
- Sunbird, Amethyst
- Sunbird, Collared
- Sunbird, Marico
- Sunbird, Purple-banded
- Sunbird, Scarlet-chested
- Sunbird, S. Double-collared
- Sunbird, White-bellied
- Swallow, Barn
- Swallow, Lesser Striped
- Swallow, Red-breasted
- Swallow, White-throated
- Swallow, Wire-tailed
- Swamphen, African Purple
- Swift, African Black
- Swift, African Palm-
- Swift, Alpine
- Swift, Horus
- Swift, Little
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- Tchagra, Black-crowned
- Tchagra, Brown-crowned
- Teal, Hottentot
- Teal, Red-billed
- Thick-knee, Spotted
- Thick-knee, water
- Thrush, Groundscaper
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- Thrush, Kurrichane
- Thrush, Olive
- Tinkerbird, Red-fronted
- Tit, Southern-Black
- Trogon, Narina
- Turaco, Purple-crested
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- Vulture, Cape
- Vulture, Lappet-faced
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- Vulture, White-backed
- Vulture, White-headed
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- Wagtail, African Pied
- Wagtail, Cape
- Wagtail, Mountain
- Warbler, African Reed-
- Wabler, Lesser Swamp-
- Wabler, Willow
- Waxbill, Blue
- Waxbill, Organge-breasted
- Waxbill, Swee
- Weaver, Cape
- Weaver, Lesser Masked-
- Weaver, Red-billed Buffalo-
- Weaver, Red-headed
- Weaver, Southern Masked-
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- Weaver, Spectacled
- Weaver, Thick-billed
- Weaver, Village
- White-eye Cape
- Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise-
- Whydah, Pin-tailed
- Widowbird, Fan-tailed
- Widowbird, Long-tailed
- Widowbird, Red-collared
- Widowbird, White-winged
- Wood-Hoopoe, Green
- Woodpecker, bearded
- Woodpecker, Cardinal
- Woodpecker, Golden-Tailed
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