
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 1,684 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property and not from this province. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Mpumalanga and beyond
Provinces where Giant Kingfisher is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,688 records, iNaturalist
10+ resultate in KwaZulu-Natal
Beplan 'n reis
Gashere het die Giant Kingfisher aangeteken by verblyf in of langs Phinda Private Game Reserve.
Begeleide ritte van 'n lodge af
'n Gids wat weet waar om te kyk, met veldritte en nagritte in die privaat reservate.
Waar gashere dit aanteken
Spesie
Megaceryle maxima
Aantekeninge
1 688
iNaturalist-waarnemings
Elke bespreking op Spekboom ondersteun bewaring.
'n Aantekening beteken 'n gasheer het die Giant Kingfisher op die eiendom of naby gesien. Dit is nooit 'n waarborg van 'n waarneming nie.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Giant Kingfisher at stays in or beside Phinda Private Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Giant Kingfisher is most recorded in Mpumalanga (27% of records), Western Cape (26% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (18% of records), based on 1 688 iNaturalist observations. 11 places to stay on Spekboom in KwaZulu-Natal have recorded the Giant Kingfisher on site or nearby.
The Giant Kingfisher is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest.