Where to see
Dessonornis caffer
De Hoop Nature Reserve leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cape Robin-Chat during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 12 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
De Hoop Nature Reserve
In De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Robin-Chat sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Table Mountain National Park and more
After De Hoop Nature Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Cape Robin-Chat are in Table Mountain National Park (South Africa, about 60%), Golden Gate Highlands National Park (South Africa, about 50%) and Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August and October in De Hoop Nature Reserve (about 80%), August to October in Table Mountain National Park (about 70%) and August in Golden Gate Highlands National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cape Robin-Chat on a given day. Each park's Cape Robin-Chat page has the full month-by-month chart.
