Dove vedere il Crowned Cormorant in Sudafrica

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Crowned Cormorant at stays in or beside De Hoop Nature Reserve, Table Mountain National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, De Mond Nature Reserve, Garden Route National Park and Kogelberg 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 Crowned Cormorant is most recorded in Western Cape (98% of records), based on 1,305 iNaturalist observations. 15 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Crowned Cormorant on site or nearby.

The Crowned Cormorant 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. De Hoop Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Tsitsikamma National Park: Apr-Sep; De Mond Nature Reserve: Summer for terns and waders, Oct-Mar. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The crowned cormorant (Microcarbo coronatus) is a small cormorant that is endemic to the waters of the cold Benguela Current of southern Africa. It is an exclusively coastal species and is not found more than 10 km (6 mi) away from land. This species is related to the reed cormorant, and was formerly considered to the same species.