More than 240 bird species are known from Mkhaya Game Reserve. Stone Camp, set along a forested watercourse, offers an opportunity to see several localized habitat-specific birds. This includes a flock of , as well as , , , , and several species of robin-chat. The wooded elsewhere in the reserve is also alive with birds including a healthy population of nesting vultures. are present from November to April.
Birding Specials Treats for Avid Birders
- Broad-billed roller
- Chorister robin-chat
- Crowned eagle
- Eastern nicator
- Great spotted cuckoo
- Greater painted-snipe
- Green twinspot
- Green-winged pytilia
- Grey tit-flycatcher
- Harlequin quail
- Lappet-faced vulture
- Narina trogon
- Pink-throated twinspot
- Saddle-billed stork
- Secretary bird
- Senegal lapwing
- Square-tailed nightjar
- Terrestrial brownbul
- Violet-backed starling
- White-backed night heron
- White-crested helmet-shrike
- Yellow-fronted tinkerbird
Best Time for Bird Watching
Bird watching in Mkhaya is good year-round. Most of the key species associated with around the camp are throughout. However, species variety is greatest from November to April, when from Europe and northern Africa are present. The dry months from June to September are the best wildlife-viewing months.