With more than 450 bird species recorded, Manyeleti is a great birding destination. A bonus for birders is that the focus here is less on checking off the Big Five animals, as is the case in a lot of other private game reserves. The combination of open-vehicle drives and walking safaris is ideal to observe a lot of species. Night drives offer an opportunity to spot nocturnal birds. Migratory birds are present from November to April.
Birding Specials Treats for Avid Birders
- African cuckoo
- Barn owl
- Bearded woodpecker
- Bennett’s woodpecker
- Blue-cheeked bee-eater
- Broad-billed roller
- Bronze-winged courser
- Brown-necked parrot
- Eurasian golden oriole
- Fiery-necked nightjar
- Great spotted cuckoo
- Green-winged pytilia
- Grey-headed bush-shrike
- Grey-headed kingfisher
- Lemon-breasted canary
- Mosque swallow
- Osprey
- Pel’s fishing-owl
- Pennant-winged nightjar
- Racket-tailed roller
- Red-billed oxpecker
- Red-breasted swallow
- Red-headed weaver
- Southern carmine bee-eater
- Southern ground hornbill
- Thick-billed cuckoo
- Trumpeter hornbill
- Violet-eared waxbill
- White-throated robin-chat
Best Time for Bird Watching
Manyeleti offers good bird watching all year, but the best time is when the Eurasian and intra-African migrating birds have arrived (November to April). Wildlife viewing is best during the dry months from June to September.