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Birds – Hlane Royal NP

Alan is a renowned Africa expert and has authored many Lonely Planet guidebooks, including the Swaziland section of their 'South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland' guide.
Alan has authored many Lonely Planet guidebooks, including the Swaziland section of their 'South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland' guide.
Alan has authored the Swaziland section of Lonely Planet's 'South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland' guide.
Alan researched and wrote about Swaziland for Lonely Planet.
Hlane Royal National Park is home to more than 250 bird species. It has a dense population of birds of prey, including five vulture species. The park sustains in fact the highest density of tree-nesting vultures in southern Africa. Red-billed oxpecker, which was extinct in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), has made a comeback here, and big colonies of red-billed queleas nesting is a sight to behold. Migratory birds are present from November to April.
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Birding Specials –Treats for Avid Birders
(E) endemic = only lives in Eswatini(NE) near-endemic = also lives in neighboring countries
- African broadbill
- African finfoot
- Black-rumped buttonquail
- Blue swallow
- Blue-mantled crested flycatcher
- Brown-backed honeybird
- Buff-spotted flufftail
- Buff-streaked chat (NE)
- Burnt-necked eremomela
- Bush blackcap (NE)
- Chorister robin-chat (NE)
- Collared pratincole
- Crowned eagle
- Denham’s bustard
- Golden-breasted bunting
- Gorgeous bush-shrike
- Green twinspot
- Knysna turaco (NE)
- Kori bustard
- Lesser jacana
- Pel’s fishing-owl
- Pennant-winged nightjar
- Pink-throated twinspot (NE)
- Red-footed falcon
- Rudd’s apalis (NE)
- Rufous-bellied heron
- Southern bald ibis (NE)
- Square-tailed drongo
- Striped flufftail
- Terrestrial brownbul
- Thick-billed cuckoo
- White-eared barbet
- White-starred robin
- Yellow-billed oxpecker
- Yellow-streaked greenbul
- Yellow-throated woodland warbler
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Bird Species
250+
Migratory Birds
Nov to Apr
Best Time for Bird Watching
In Hlane Royal National Park, bird watching is good all year round – but at its best from November to April. Migratory birds from Europe and northern Africa are in the park in these months. The best time for wildlife viewing in general is during the dry months of June to September.
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