With more than 400 species recorded, along with excellent facilities for independent travel, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park is a great birding destination. There are several birding shelters in the park, and the viewpoint from Hilltop Camp is a great place to observe birds of prey, such as and , soaring over the . Several pairs of are known to breed within the park. are present from November to April.
Birding Specials Treats for Avid Birders
(NE) near-endemic = most of the global population is resident in South Africa- African black duck
- African finfoot
- African marsh harrier
- African pied wagtail
- African pipit
- Amur falcon
- Bearded scrub robin
- Bronze-winged courser
- Brown-headed parrot
- Crowned hornbill
- European nightjar
- Fan-tailed widowbird
- Gorgeous bush-shrike
- Grey tit-flycatcher
- Harlequin quail
- Lanner falcon
- Mocking cliff chat
- Narina trogon
- Pink-throated twinspot (NE)
- Red-collared widowbird
- Red-throated wryneck
- Red-winged starling
- Rudd’s apalis (NE)
- Southern bald ibis (NE)
- Southern crested guineafowl
- Southern tchagra (NE)
- Southern white-faced owl
- Spotted thick-knee
- Trumpeter hornbill
- Village indigobird
- White-fronted bee-eater
- White-throated swallow
- Wire-tailed swallow
- Woodland kingfisher
- Yellow-billed oxpecker
- Yellow-throated longclaw
Best Time for Bird Watching
Bird watching in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi is good year-round, but at its best from November to April, when Eurasian and intra-African are present. The best time for general wildlife viewing is during the dry months of May to September.