Freckled Nightjar

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Freckled Nightjar at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Kruger National Park, Welgevonden Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, Ithala Game Reserve and Madikwe Game 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 Freckled Nightjar is most recorded in Mpumalanga (31% of records), Limpopo (26% of records), Gauteng (15% of records), based on 81 iNaturalist observations. 31 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Freckled Nightjar on site or nearby.

The Freckled Nightjar 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; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Welgevonden Game Reserve: May-Sep, dry season; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The freckled nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Afri...