Long-crested Eagle

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Long-crested Eagle at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kruger National Park, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Keurbooms River 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.

The Long-crested Eagle is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (53% of records), Western Cape (15% of records), Eastern Cape (10% of records), based on 1,367 iNaturalist observations. 26 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Long-crested Eagle on site or nearby.

The Long-crested Eagle 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; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. It is currently placed in a monotypic genus Lophaetus.