
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.
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 1,996 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property and not from this province. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Eastern Cape and beyond
Provinces where Secretarybird is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,993 records, iNaturalist
8 résultats à Cap-Occidental
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Secretarybird : signalé par des hôtes dans ou près de Gondwana Game Reserve.
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Où les hôtes le signalent
Liste rouge de l'UICN
Endangered
Espèce
Sagittarius serpentarius
Observations
1 993
observations iNaturalist
Chaque réservation sur Spekboom soutient la conservation.
Une observation signifie qu'un hôte a vu le Secretarybird sur la propriété ou à proximité. Une observation n'est jamais garantie.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Secretarybird at stays in or beside Gondwana Game Reserve. 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 Secretarybird is most recorded in Eastern Cape (18% of records), Mpumalanga (17% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), based on 1 993 iNaturalist observations. 8 places to stay on Spekboom in Western Cape have recorded the Secretarybird on site or nearby.
The Secretarybird 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. Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savanna of the sub-Saharan region. John Frederick Miller described the species in 1779.