Waar om die Jackal Buzzard in Suid-Afrika te sien

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Jackal Buzzard at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Kwandwe Private 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 Jackal Buzzard is most recorded in Western Cape (65% of records), Eastern Cape (14% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (12% of records), based on 5,186 iNaturalist observations. 104 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Jackal Buzzard on site or nearby.

The Jackal 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. uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Cederberg Wilderness Area: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The jackal buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) is a 45-55 cm long African bird of prey. The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the Archer's buzzard, and the augur buzzard to be the same superspecies. Many taxonomists consider them all to be distinct, having different calls, different home ranges and variations in plumage.