Birding in Lake St. Lucia

The area around Lake St. Lucia north to the Mozambican border is host to many species of birds, especially in the summer months (October to March) when migratory species from northern areas of Africa make this their home.

Lake St. Lucia, Mkuze and Ndumo Game Reserves all boast bird lists nearing 460 species, so there is plenty to see! St. Lucia is also part of the popular Zululand Birding Route.

Below is a partial listing of the more common birds found in the immediate vicinity of St. Lucia villag.

Birds around St. Lucia Village Great White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican Lesser Flamingo Saddle-billed Stork Yellow-billed Stork Woolly-necked Stork Caspian Tern Ruddy Turnstone Pied Avocet Mangrove Kingfisher Banded Martins Goliath Herons White-eared Barbet Crowned Hornbills African Dusky Flycatcher Collared Sunbirds Black-bellied Starling

The iGwala Gwala Trail Grey and Olive Sunbirds White-eared Barbet Southern Boubou Buff-spotted Flufftail African Fish Eagle Grey Waxbil Red-capped Robin-Chat

Birds encountered on the Iphiva Trail Blue-cheeked Bee-Eaters Croaking Cisticolas Yellow-throated Longclaws Grey-rumped Swallows Swamp Nightjar African Pygmy-Goose Green Malkoha Narina Trogon Square-tailed Drongo Dark-backed Weavers Livingstone's Turaco Eastern Nicator Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Olive Woodpecker

The road to Cape Vidal African Crowned Eagle African Broadbill Cuckoo-Shrike Brown Scrub-Robins Buff-spotted Flufftails Green Twinspots Woodward's Batis Grey Sunbird Chorister Robin-Chat