uMkhuze Birding

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With a list of over 400 recorded bird species, the uMkhuze Game Reserve (part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park) is one of South Africa’s most highly-rated birdwatching destinations. The reserve is home to many commonly seen and well-known species, both residents and summer migrants, but also hosts several species rarely encountered in South Africa – we, for instance, had our first ever sighting of the African Pygmy Goose at uMkhuze’s Nsumo Pan when we visited the reserve in March, though we sadly didn’t manage a photograph of it. This gallery however shows just some of the almost 100 species we managed to find during our three day visit!

European Roller
Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Pink-backed Pelicans in flight over Nsumo Pan
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Three-banded Plover
Trumpeter Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Spur-winged Goose (male)
Spur-winged Goose (female)
Spur-winged Goose (male)
White-faced Whistling Duck at Kumasinga, uMkhuze
Egyptian Goose at Nsumo Pan
Well camouflaged Water Thick-knee
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater
African Darter
Lappet-faced Vulture
Tawny Eagle
Black-backed Puffback
Red-billed Oxpecker
Female Lesser Masked Weaver
African Jacana
African Jacana (immature)
Chinspot Batis (female)
Chinspot Batis (female) with grasshopper prey
Chinspot Batis (male)
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Woolly-necked Stork Buffet at uMkhuze

 

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    1. de Wets Wild Post author

      The rollers are a beautiful family of birds, Teresa – pity they don’t have the voice to go with it – named for the aerial acrobatics they perform as they chase insects on the wing.

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