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Waar om die Sooty Shearwater in Suid-Afrika te sien

Gashere het die Sooty Shearwater gesien by verblyfplekke in of langs Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

Ardenna grisea · Near Threatened

Sooty Shearwater
Foto: (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Wanneer en waar om die Sooty Shearwater te vind

Gashere het die Sooty Shearwater gesien by verblyfplekke in of langs Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

Beste tye van die dag

  • Die eerste ure ná sonop, en laatmiddag. Voëls roep en vreet meestal in die koelte.
  • Middaguur. Stiller, veral in die somerhitte.

Waar om oor te bly

  • SelfryMalariavry
    Verblyfplekke in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • SelfryMalariavry
    Verblyfplekke in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape

Hoe om te kyk

Ry self

Jou eie voertuig en pas, op die park se paaie.

IUBN Rooi Lys

Near Threatened

Spesie

Ardenna grisea

Waarnemings

66

iNaturalist-waarnemings

Elke bespreking op Spekboom ondersteun bewaring.

Vrae wat reisigers vra

’n Waarneming beteken dat ’n gasheer die Sooty Shearwater op die eiendom of naby gesien het. Dit waarborg nooit dat jy dit sal sien nie.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Sooty Shearwater in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Sooty Shearwater at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park, Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Robberg Nature Reserve and West Coast 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.

Where can you see the Sooty Shearwater in South Africa?

The Sooty Shearwater is most recorded in Western Cape (88% of records), Eastern Cape (8% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (5% of records), based on 66 iNaturalist observations. 13 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Sooty Shearwater on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Sooty Shearwater?

The Sooty Shearwater 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. Addo Elephant National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Kogelberg Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Robberg Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the conservation status of the Sooty Shearwater?

The Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

What is the Sooty Shearwater?

The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Ardenna was first used to refer to a seabird by Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603, and grisea is medieval Latin for "grey".

Verblyf wat teruggee

Waar om te bly vir ’n kans om die Sooty Shearwater te sien

Elke verblyf op die Sooty Shearwater-bladsy lys die spesies wat die gasheer op of naby die eiendom aangeteken het. ’n Aantekening is ’n waarneming, nooit ’n belofte nie.

Kyk waar om te bly