Southern Pochard

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Southern Pochard at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Rocherpan Nature Reserve, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve, De Mond Nature Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 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 Southern Pochard is most recorded in Western Cape (70% of records), Gauteng (12% of records), Mpumalanga (5% of records), based on 727 iNaturalist observations. 31 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Southern Pochard on site or nearby.

The Southern Pochard 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. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Rocherpan Nature Reserve: Winter and spring for birds and flowers, Jun-Oct; De Hoop Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-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 southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta.