Waar om die Forest Canary in Suid-Afrika te sien

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Forest Canary at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Garden Route National Park and Giants Castle Game 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 Canary is most recorded in Western Cape (85% of records), Eastern Cape (7% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (7% of records), based on 1,068 iNaturalist observations. 40 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Forest Canary on site or nearby.

The Forest Canary 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. uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The forest canary (Crithagra scotops) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.