
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.
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 1,996 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.
Eastern Cape and beyond
Provinces where Secretarybird is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,993 records, iNaturalist
6 resultaten in Noord-Kaap
Een reis plannen
Secretarybird: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Zelf rijden
Uw eigen auto en tempo, op de wegen van het park.
Waar gastheren de soort waarnemen
Rode Lijst van de IUCN
Endangered
Soort
Sagittarius serpentarius
Waarnemingen
1 993
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Secretarybird op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Secretarybird at stays in or beside Kgalagadi Transfrontier 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 Secretarybird is most recorded in Eastern Cape (18% of records), Mpumalanga (17% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), based on 1 993 iNaturalist observations. 6 places to stay on Spekboom in Northern Cape have recorded the Secretarybird on site or nearby.
The Secretarybird 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. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savanna of the sub-Saharan region. John Frederick Miller described the species in 1779.