
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. 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
75+ résultats à Afrique du Sud
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Giant Kingfisher : signalé par des hôtes dans ou près de Kruger National Park, Phinda Private Game Reserve and Sabi Sand Game Reserve.
Espèce
Megaceryle maxima
Observations
1 688
observations iNaturalist
Chaque réservation sur Spekboom soutient la conservation.
Une observation signifie qu'un hôte a vu le Giant Kingfisher sur la propriété ou à proximité. Une observation n'est jamais garantie.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Giant Kingfisher at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Phinda Private Game Reserve and Sabi Sand 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. 79 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa 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. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Sabi Sand Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep optimal. 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.