Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park

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	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	50–60%
2	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	40–50%
3	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	40–50%
4	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	40–50%
5	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	40–50%
6	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	40–50%
7	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	30–40%
8	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
9	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	30–40%
10	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
11	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
12	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	10–20%
13	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	10–20%
14	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	0–10%
15	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	0–10%
16	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	0–10%
17	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
18	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
19	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
20	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
21	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
22	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
23	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-hooded Kingfisher in Garden Route National Park?

About 18% of visitor-days record a Brown-hooded Kingfisher sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 171 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown-hooded Kingfisher in Garden Route National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Brown-hooded Kingfisher in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.