
Denham's bustard, Stanley bustard or Stanley's bustard (Neotis denhami) is a large bird in the bustard family.
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 769 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 Denham's Bustard is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
769 records, iNaturalist
20+ resultaten in Zuid-Afrika
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Denham's Bustard: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Amakhala Game Reserve, Gondwana Game Reserve and Addo Elephant National Park.
Zelf rijden
Uw eigen auto en tempo, op de wegen van het park.
Waar gastheren de soort waarnemen
Rode Lijst van de IUCN
Near Threatened
Soort
Neotis denhami
Waarnemingen
769
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Denham's Bustard op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Denham's Bustard at stays in or beside Amakhala Game Reserve, Gondwana Game Reserve and Addo Elephant National Park. 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 Denham's Bustard is most recorded in Western Cape (51% of records), Eastern Cape (30% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (11% of records), based on 769 iNaturalist observations. 29 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Denham's Bustard on site or nearby.
The Denham's Bustard 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. Amakhala Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Addo Elephant National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The Denham's Bustard (Neotis denhami) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
Denham's bustard, Stanley bustard or Stanley's bustard (Neotis denhami) is a large bird in the bustard family. It breeds in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a species of open ground, including agricultural land, grassland, flood-plains and burnt fynbos. It is resident, but some inland populations move to lower altitudes in winter.