There are the regular migrants from Europe and Asia and elsewhere in Africa that arrive for the southern African summer. See Migration Routes
Then there are subcontinental vagrants and nomads whose appearance in the Park is sporadic and related to the availibility of food. In winter, there are altitudinal migrants that come down to the lowveld in search of food, and inhabit niches vacated by the departing migrants. There are also some Kruger waterbirds that migrate northwards during winter to the floodplains of the Sahel. In terms of sheer numbers, Red-billed Queleas make up almost 80% of the birds that migrate to Kruger.
Eurasian or Palaearctic migrants | African migrants and nomads | Altitudinal migrants |
Steppe Eagle Steppe Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Booted Eagle Osprey Eurasian Hobby* Amur Falcon* Lesser Kestrel Barn Swallow White Stork Willow Warbler Curlew Sandpiper Greenshank Common Ringed Plover European Bee-eater European Roller Eurasian Golden Oriole Common Cuckoo Red-backed Shrike | Wahlberg's Eagle Yellow-billed Kite African Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo Great Spotted Cuckoo Jacobin Cuckoo African Emerald Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo Diderick Cuckoo Black Coucal African Pygmy-Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher Grey-hooded Kingfisher Southern Carmine Bee-eater Greater Striped Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow White-throated Swallow White-rumped Swift Horus Swift Red-billed Quelea African Paradise-Flycatcher Violet-backed Starling* Pennant-winged Nightjar African Openbill Yellow-billed Stork Abdim's Stork Senegal Lapwing* Dusky Lark | Fiscal Flycatcher African Stonechat White-starred Robin* Green Twinspot Some warblers Guernsey's Sugarbird Cape Batis Grey Cuckooshrike Marico Flycatcher |