Waar om die Sentinel Rock Thrush in Suid-Afrika te sien

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Sentinel Rock Thrush at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Table Mountain National Park, Giants Castle Game Reserve, Kamberg Nature Reserve and Royal Natal National Park. 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 Sentinel Rock Thrush is most recorded in Western Cape (51% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (25% of records), Mpumalanga (10% of records), based on 389 iNaturalist observations. 27 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Sentinel Rock Thrush on site or nearby.

The Sentinel Rock Thrush 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; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Giants Castle Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Sentinel Rock Thrush (Monticola explorator) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

The sentinel rock thrush (Monticola explorator) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.