
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+ resultaten in KwaZulu-Natal
Een reis plannen
Giant Kingfisher: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Phinda Private Game Reserve.
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
Megaceryle maxima
Waarnemingen
1 688
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Giant Kingfisher op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
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.