African Wood Owl

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the African Wood Owl at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Keurbooms River 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.

The African Wood Owl is most recorded in Western Cape (40% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (26% of records), Limpopo (18% of records), based on 297 iNaturalist observations. 34 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the African Wood Owl on site or nearby.

The African Wood Owl 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. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The African wood owl or Woodford's owl (Strix woodfordii) is a typical owl from the genus Strix in the family Strigidae which is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.