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Where to see the African Stonechat in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the African Stonechat at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area and Gamkaberg Nature Reserve.

Saxicola torquatus

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African Stonechat
Photo: (c) Ron Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Planning a trip

When and where to find the African Stonechat

Hosts have recorded the African Stonechat at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area and Gamkaberg Nature Reserve.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Cederberg Wilderness Area · Gamkaberg · Rocherpan

    Self-driveGuided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Hluhluwe-Imfolozi

    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

KrugerCederberg Wilderness AreaGamkabergRocherpanDe Hoop

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

KwandweGondwana

Species

Saxicola torquatus

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the African Stonechat on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the African Stonechat in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the African Stonechat at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve and De Hoop 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.

What is the African Stonechat?

The European stonechat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the African Stonechat

Every stay on the African Stonechat page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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