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Waar om te sien

Waar om die Crowned Cormorant in Suid-Afrika te sien

Gashere het die Crowned Cormorant gesien by verblyfplekke in of langs Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

Microcarbo coronatus

Crowned Cormorant
Foto: (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo

Beplan ’n reis

Wanneer en waar om die Crowned Cormorant te vind

Gashere het die Crowned Cormorant gesien by verblyfplekke in of langs Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

Beste tye van die dag

  • Die eerste ure ná sonop, en laatmiddag. Voëls roep en vreet meestal in die koelte.
  • Middaguur. Stiller, veral in die somerhitte.

Hoe om te kyk

Ry self

Jou eie voertuig en pas, op die park se paaie.

Waar gashere dit aanteken

Spesie

Microcarbo coronatus

Waarnemings

1,305

iNaturalist-waarnemings

Elke bespreking op Spekboom ondersteun bewaring.

Vrae wat reisigers vra

’n Waarneming beteken dat ’n gasheer die Crowned Cormorant op die eiendom of naby gesien het. Dit waarborg nooit dat jy dit sal sien nie.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Crowned Cormorant in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Crowned Cormorant at stays in or beside Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Nature 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.

Where can you see the Crowned Cormorant in South Africa?

The Crowned Cormorant is most recorded in Western Cape (98% of records), based on 1,305 iNaturalist observations. 5 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Crowned Cormorant on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Crowned Cormorant?

The Crowned Cormorant 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. Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Kogelberg Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Crowned Cormorant?

The crowned cormorant (Microcarbo coronatus) is a small cormorant that is endemic to the waters of the cold Benguela Current of southern Africa. It is an exclusively coastal species and is not found more than 10 km (6 mi) away from land. This species is related to the reed cormorant, and was formerly considered to the same species.

Verblyf wat teruggee

Waar om te bly vir ’n kans om die Crowned Cormorant te sien

Elke verblyf op die Crowned Cormorant-bladsy lys die spesies wat die gasheer op of naby die eiendom aangeteken het. ’n Aantekening is ’n waarneming, nooit ’n belofte nie.

Kyk waar om te bly