Rock Kestrel

Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park

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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 Kruger National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Rock Kestrel sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

August has the highest sighting rate for Rock Kestrel in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.