
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest.
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 1,684 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.
Mpumalanga and beyond
Provinces where Giant Kingfisher is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,688 records, iNaturalist
10+ resultados em KwaZulu-Natal
Planejando uma viagem
Os anfitriões registraram esta espécie (Giant Kingfisher) em hospedagens dentro ou ao lado de Phinda Private Game Reserve, uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.
Safáris guiados a partir de um lodge
Um guia que sabe onde procurar, com saídas fora da estrada e safáris noturnos nas reservas privadas.
Onde os anfitriões registram
Espécie
Megaceryle maxima
Registros
1 688
Observações no iNaturalist
Cada reserva no Spekboom apoia a conservação.
Um registro significa que um anfitrião avistou esta espécie (Giant Kingfisher) na propriedade ou nas proximidades. Nunca é garantia de avistamento.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Giant Kingfisher at stays in or beside Phinda Private Game Reserve, uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. 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 Giant Kingfisher is most recorded in Mpumalanga (27% of records), Western Cape (26% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (18% of records), based on 1 688 iNaturalist observations. 12 places to stay on Spekboom in KwaZulu-Natal have recorded the Giant Kingfisher on site or nearby.
The Giant Kingfisher 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. Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest.