Forest Buzzard

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Forest Buzzard at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Gondwana Game Reserve, Garden Route National Park, Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve and Keurbooms River Nature Reserve and other reserves. 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 Forest Buzzard is most recorded in Western Cape (87% of records), Eastern Cape (7% of records), based on 743 iNaturalist observations. 24 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Forest Buzzard on site or nearby.

The Forest Buzzard 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. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Forest Buzzard (Buteo trizonatus) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

The forest buzzard (Buteo trizonatus), is a species of bird of prey found in Africa, though some authorities have placed it as a subspecies of another species, the mountain buzzard, Buto oreophilus. This is a resident breeding species in woodlands in southern and eastern South Africa.