
The freckled nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
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 81 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 Freckled Nightjar is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
81 records, iNaturalist
20+ resultaten in Zuid-Afrika
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Freckled Nightjar: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Kruger National Park, Welgevonden Game Reserve and Madikwe Game Reserve.
Zelf rijden
Uw eigen auto en tempo, op de wegen van het park.
Begeleide ritten vanuit een lodge
Een gids die weet waar te kijken, met offroad- en nachtritten in de privéreservaten.
Waar gastheren de soort waarnemen
Soort
Caprimulgus tristigma
Waarnemingen
81
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Freckled Nightjar op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Freckled Nightjar at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Welgevonden Game Reserve, Madikwe Game Reserve and Marakele 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 Freckled Nightjar is most recorded in Mpumalanga (31% of records), Limpopo (26% of records), Gauteng (15% of records), based on 81 iNaturalist observations. 22 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Freckled Nightjar on site or nearby.
The Freckled Nightjar 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; Welgevonden Game Reserve: May-Sep, dry season; Madikwe Game Reserve: Apr-Sep; Marakele National Park: May-Sep, dry season. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The freckled nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Afri...