Cape Sparrow

Closest Relatives at Table Mountain 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	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	40–50%
2	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
3	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
4	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
5	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	0–10%
6	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
7	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
8	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
9	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
10	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Cape Sparrow in Table Mountain National Park?

About 34% of visitor-days record a Cape Sparrow sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 1765 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Cape Sparrow in Table Mountain National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Cape Sparrow in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.