
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus, also classified as Aquila pennata) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa.
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 949 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.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where Booted Eagle is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
949 records, iNaturalist
50+ resultaten in Zuid-Afrika
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Booted Eagle: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Amakhala Game Reserve and Madikwe Game Reserve.
Soort
Hieraaetus pennatus
Waarnemingen
949
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Booted Eagle op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Booted Eagle at stays in or beside Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Amakhala Game Reserve and Madikwe 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 Booted Eagle is most recorded in Western Cape (70% of records), Northern Cape (13% of records), Eastern Cape (11% of records), based on 949 iNaturalist observations. 60 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Booted Eagle on site or nearby.
The Booted Eagle 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. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May; Amakhala Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Madikwe Game Reserve: Apr-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus, also classified as Aquila pennata) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.