Birds spotted in Africa - 2024

Birds spotted in Africa
South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, & Zambia
February 25 to March 6, 2024

African Darter 
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Dusky Flycatcher 
Cape Town, South Africa

African Fish-Eagle 
Kruger National Park

African Fish-Eagle 
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Golden-Weaver 
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Gray Hornbill 
Kruger National Park

African Great Egret 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

African Openbill 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

African Oystercatcher (too fast to catch!)
Hermanus, South Africa

African Paradise-Flycatcher 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

African Penguin 
Boulders Beach, Cape of Good Hope Peninsula

African Sacred Ibis 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

African Stonechat 
Eswatini 

Ashy Flycatcher (too late at night!)
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black Kite 
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
 
Blacksmith Lapwing 
Kruger National Park

Cape Bulbul 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa 

Cape Robin Chat 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Sparrow 
Cape of Good Hope Peninsula

Cape Spurfowl 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Starling 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Cape Wagtail 
Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Wagtail 
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Cape White-eye 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Common Bulbul 
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Common Buzzard 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Common Myna 
Johannesburg, South Africa

Common Ostrich (male)
Cape of Good Hope Peninsula

Common Swift
Eswatini 

Egyptian Goose 
Cape Town, South Africa

European Roller 
Kruger National Park

European Starling 
Cape Town, South Africa

Fork-tailed Drongo 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Giant Kingfisher 
Kruger National Park

Gray Go-away-bird 
Kruger National Park

Gray Heron 
Kruger National Park

Gray-hooded Gull 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

Great Cormorant 
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Greater Blue-eared Starling 
Kruger National Park

Green Woodhoopoe 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Green-winged Pytilia (I know, bad photo, bird too quick!)
Kruger National Park

Hadada Ibis 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Hartlaub's Gull 
Cape Town, South Africa

Helmeted Guineafowl 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Hooded Vulture 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Indian Peafowl 
Eswatini

Karoo Prinia 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Kelp Gull (immature)
Cape of Good Hope Peninsula, South Africa

Kelp Gull (adult)
Cape Town, South Africa

Laughing Dove 
Kruger National Park

Laughing Dove 
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Lesser Spotted Eagle 
Kruger National Park

Lilac-breasted Roller 
Kruger National Park

Little Egret (far right) 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

Long-tailed Cormorant 
Cape Town, South Africa

Marabou Stork 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Martial Eagle 
Kruger National Park

Natal Spurfowl 
Kruger National Park

Olive Thrush 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Pied Kingfisher 
St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Pin-tailed Whydah 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Purple-crested Turaco 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Red-eyed Dove
Cape Town, South Africa

Red-winged Starling 
Cape Town, South Africa

Red-backed Shrike 
Kruger National Park

Red-billed Oxpecker
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Red-collared Widowbird 
Mac Mac Waterfall, South Africa

Ring-necked Dove 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia 

Rock Pigeon 
Cape Town, South Africa

Sombre Greenbul 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Southern Cordonbleu 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Speckled Pigeon 
Johannesburg, South Africa

Swainson's Spurfowl 
Kruger National Park

Trumpeter Hornbill 
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Wattled Lapwing 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Western Cattle Egret 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Western Cattle Egret 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

White-backed Vulture 
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

White-browed Coucal 
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

White-browed Robin-Chat (too quick and too late at night!)
St Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-chinned Petrel 
Hermanus, South Africa

White-crowned Lapwing 
Kruger National Park

White-faced Whistling-Duck 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

White-fronted Bee-eater 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

Wood Sandpiper 
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Siloka Island, Zambia

Woodland Kingfisher 
Kruger National Park


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