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

A

  • Apalis, Bar-throated
  • Apalis, Yellow-breasted
B
  • 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
  • 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

C
  • 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
  • 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
D
  • Darter, African
  • Dove, Cape Turtle-
  • Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-
  • Dove, Laughing
  • Dove, Namaqua
  • Dove, Red-eyed
  • Dove, Rock
  • Dove, Tambourine
  • Drongo, Fork-tailed
  • Duck, African black
  • Duck, Comb
  • Duck, White-Backed
  • Duck, White-faced

E
  • Eagle, African Crowned
  • Eagle, African Fish-
  • Eagle, African Hawk-
  • Eagle, Black-chested Snake-
  • Eagle, Booted
  • Eagle, Brown Snake-
  • Eagle, Lesser Spotted
  • Eagle, Long-crested
  • Eagle, Martial
  • Eagle, Steppe
  • Eagle, Tawny
  • Eagle, Wahlberg's
  • Egret, Cattle
  • Egret, Great
  • Egret, Little
  • Egret, Yellow-billed
F
  • Falcon, Amur
  • Falcon, Lanner
  • Falcon, Pergrine
  • Finfoot, African
  • Firefinch, African
  • Firefinch, Jameson's
  • Firefinch, Red-billed
  • Fiscal, Common
  • Flycatcher, African Dusky
  • Flycatcher, African Paradise-
  • Flycatcher, Ashy
  • Flycatcher, Pale
  • Flycatcher, Southern Black
  • Flycatcher, Spotted
  • Francolin, Crested
  • Francolin, Natal
  • Francolin, Shelley's

G
  • Gallinule, Allen's
  • Goose, African Pygmy-
  • Goose, Egyptian
  • Goose, Spur-winged
  • Goshawk, African
  • Grassbird, Cape
  • Grebe, Little
  • Greenbul, Sombre
  • Greenbul, Yellow-bellied
  • Greenshank, Common
  • Guineafowl, Crested
  • Guineafowl, Helmeted
H
  • 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
  • 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

I
  • Ibis, African Sacred
  • Ibis, Glossy
  • Ibis, Hadeda
  • Ibis, Southern Bald
  • Indigobird, Dusky
  • Indigobird, Purple
  • Indigobird, Village
J
  • Jacana, African
K
  • Kingfisher, African Pygmy-
  • Kingfisher, Brown-hooded
  • Kingfisher, Giant
  • Kingfisher, Grey-headed
  • Kingfisher, Half-collared
  • Kingfisher, Malachite
  • Kingfisher, Pied
  • Kingfisher, Stripped
  • Kingfisher, Woodland
  • Kite, Black
  • Kite, Black-shouldered
  • Kite, Yellow-billed
L
  • Lapwing, African Wattled
  • Lapwing, Blacksmith
  • Lapwing, Crowned
  • Lapwing, Senegal
  • Lark, Dusky
  • Lark, Rufous-naped
  • Longclaw, Yellow-throated
M
  • Mannikin, Bronze
  • Martin, Brown-throuted
  • Martin, Rock
  • Moorhen, Common
  • Moorhen, Lesser
  • Mousebird, Red-faced
  • Mousebird, Speckled
  • Myna, Common
N
  • Neddicky
  • Nicator, Eastern
  • Nightjar, European
  • Nightjar, Fiery-necked
  • Nightjar, Square-tailed
O
  • Oriole, Black-headed
  • Osprey
  • Ostrich, Common
  • Owl, African Grass-
  • Owl, African Scops-
  • Owl, African Wood-
  • Owl, Barn
  • Owl, Marsh
  • Owl, Southern White f. Scops
  • Owl, Spotted Eagle-
  • Owl, Verreaux's Eagle
  • Owlet, Pearl-spotted
  • Oxpecker, Red-billed

P
  • Petronia, Yellow-throated
  • Pigeon, African Green-
  • Pigeon, Speckled
  • Pipet, African
  • Pipet, Striped
  • Plover, Kittlitz's
  • Plover, Three-banded
  • Prinia, Tawney-flanked
  • Puffback, Black-backed
  • Pytilia, Green-winged
Q
  • Quail, Common
  • Quail, Harlequin
  • Quelea, Red-billed
R
  • Rail, African
  • Raven, White-necked
  • Robin, Bearded Scurb-
  • Robin, White-browed Scrub-
  • Robin, Chat Cape
  • Robin, Chat Red-capped
  • Robin, Chat White-browed
  • Robin, Chat White-throated
  • Roller, European
  • Roller, Lilac-breasted
  • Roller, Purple
  • Ruff
s
  • 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
  • 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
T
  • Tchagra, Black-crowned
  • Tchagra, Brown-crowned
  • Teal, Hottentot
  • Teal, Red-billed
  • Thick-knee, Spotted
  • Thick-knee, water
  • Thrush, Groundscaper
  • Thrush, Kurrichane
  • Thrush, Olive
  • Tinkerbird, Red-fronted
  • Tit, Southern-Black
  • Trogon, Narina
  • Turaco, Purple-crested

V
  • Vulture, Cape
  • Vulture, Lappet-faced
  • Vulture, White-backed
  • Vulture, White-headed
W
  • 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-
  • 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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