Rock Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Falco rupicolus

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Addo Elephant National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
0–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
20–30
Jun
0–10
Jul
20–30
Aug
10–20
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
0–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
20–30%
2 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
3 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
4 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
5 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
0–10%
6 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
7 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
9 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
10 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
11 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
12 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
13 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Rock Kestrel in Addo Elephant National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a Rock Kestrel sighting in Addo Elephant National Park, based on 70 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Rock Kestrel in Addo Elephant National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Rock Kestrel in Addo Elephant National Park in our monthly data.

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