Red-capped Lark

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Red-capped Lark at stays in or beside Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve, Kruger National Park, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve and Vrolijkheid 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 Red-capped Lark is most recorded in Western Cape (58% of records), Eastern Cape (11% of records), Northern Cape (10% of records), based on 931 iNaturalist observations. 35 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Red-capped Lark on site or nearby.

The Red-capped Lark 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. Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Rocherpan Nature Reserve: Winter and spring for birds and flowers, Jun-Oct; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; De Hoop Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The red-capped lark, Calandrella cinerea, is a small passerine bird. This lark breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and northern Somalia. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape in South Africa.