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Where to see the Pink-throated Twinspot in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Pink-throated Twinspot at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Phinda Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Hypargos margaritatus

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When and where to find the Pink-throated Twinspot

Hosts have recorded the Pink-throated Twinspot at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Phinda Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

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

  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Phinda · Hluhluwe-Imfolozi · iSimangaliso Wetland

    Guided drives
    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo

Ways to look

Drive yourself

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

Where hosts record it

Kruger

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

Phinda

Species

Hypargos margaritatus

Records

102

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Pink-throated Twinspot on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Pink-throated Twinspot in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Pink-throated Twinspot at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Ndumo Game 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.

Where can you see the Pink-throated Twinspot in South Africa?

The Pink-throated Twinspot is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (87% of records), Mpumalanga (12% of records), based on 102 iNaturalist observations. 21 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Pink-throated Twinspot on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Pink-throated Twinspot?

The Pink-throated Twinspot 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; Phinda Private Game Reserve: 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.

What is the Pink-throated Twinspot?

The pink-throated twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus) is an estrildid finch. It inhabits dry savanna and moist, subtropical/tropical (lowland) shrubland habitats near the southeast African coast in Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland. It has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 160,000 km².

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Where to stay for a chance to see the Pink-throated Twinspot

Every stay on the Pink-throated Twinspot 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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