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Where to see the White-browed Scrub Robin in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the White-browed Scrub Robin at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

Cercotrichas leucophrys

White-browed Scrub Robin
Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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When and where to find the White-browed Scrub Robin

Hosts have recorded the White-browed Scrub Robin at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland 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

  • Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • 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

Species

Cercotrichas leucophrys

Records

1,201

iNaturalist observations

Every booking on Spekboom supports conservation.

Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the White-browed Scrub Robin on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the White-browed Scrub Robin in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White-browed Scrub Robin at stays in or beside Kruger National 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.

Where can you see the White-browed Scrub Robin in South Africa?

The White-browed Scrub Robin is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (31% of records), Limpopo (29% of records), Mpumalanga (25% of records), based on 1,201 iNaturalist observations. 15 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White-browed Scrub Robin on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the White-browed Scrub Robin?

The White-browed Scrub Robin 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; 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 White-browed Scrub Robin?

The white-browed scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), also known as the red-backed scrub-robin, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbab...

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Where to stay for a chance to see the White-browed Scrub Robin

Every stay on the White-browed Scrub Robin 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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