Karoo Thrush

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Karoo Thrush at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve and Swartberg Nature 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 Karoo Thrush is most recorded in Gauteng (68% of records), Northern Cape (8% of records), Free State (7% of records), based on 1,715 iNaturalist observations. 35 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Karoo Thrush on site or nearby.

The Karoo Thrush 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; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Rocherpan Nature Reserve: Winter and spring for birds and flowers, Jun-Oct; Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Karoo thrush (Turdus smithi) also known as Smith′s thrush, is a member of the thrush family in Africa. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the olive thrush (with which it is known to hybridize), but is increasingly treated as a separate species.