
White-backed Mousebird
The speckled mousebird is the largest species of mousebird, as well as one of the most common.
Spesie-insigte
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 4,599 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where White-backed Mousebird is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
4,599 records, iNaturalist
Parke waar gashere die White-backed Mousebird aanteken
Verblyfplekke wat teruggee
Regoor Suid-Afrika
Word gereeld gesien · Voëlkykervriendelik
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
Word gereeld gesien · Voëlkykervriendelik
Word gereeld gesien · Voëlkykervriendelik
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
Word gereeld gesien · Voëlkykervriendelik
Word gereeld gesien · Voëlkykervriendelik
Word gereeld gesien · Voëlkykervriendelik
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
White-backed Mousebird hier aangeteken
Whale coast and rolling farm country
Sien plekke wat teruggeeBeplan ’n reis
Wanneer en waar om die White-backed Mousebird te vind
Gashere het die White-backed Mousebird gesien by verblyfplekke in of langs Cederberg Wilderness Area, Anysberg Nature Reserve and Gamkaberg 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
- Western CapeSelfryMalariavryVerblyfplekke in Western Cape
- Northern CapeSelfryMalariavryVerblyfplekke in Northern Cape
- North WestVerblyfplekke in North West
Hoe om te kyk
Ry self
Jou eie voertuig en pas, op die park se paaie.
Waar gashere dit aanteken
Spesie
Colius colius
Waarnemings
4,599
iNaturalist-waarnemings
Elke bespreking op Spekboom ondersteun bewaring.
Vrae wat reisigers vra
’n Waarneming beteken dat ’n gasheer die White-backed Mousebird op die eiendom of naby gesien het. Dit waarborg nooit dat jy dit sal sien nie.
Which parks and reserves are best for the White-backed Mousebird in South Africa?
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White-backed Mousebird at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Rocherpan Nature Reserve and Grootvadersbosch Nature 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.
Where can you see the White-backed Mousebird in South Africa?
The White-backed Mousebird is most recorded in Western Cape (37% of records), Eastern Cape (21% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), based on 4,599 iNaturalist observations. 50 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White-backed Mousebird on site or nearby.
When is the best time to see the White-backed Mousebird?
The White-backed Mousebird 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. Cederberg Wilderness Area: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
What is the White-backed Mousebird?
The speckled mousebird is the largest species of mousebird, as well as one of the most common.






























