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Lake Nakuru National Park leads · 36 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Fish-Eagle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 5 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 6 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 8 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 9 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Selous Game Reserve | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 16 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 18 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 19 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 20 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 21 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 22 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 23 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 24 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 25 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Lake Nakuru National Park
In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, about 80% of wildlife watchers report an African Fish-Eagle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 36 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Niokolo-Koba National Park and more
After Lake Nakuru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Fish-Eagle are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 70%), Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 70%) and Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 90%), April in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 90%) and May–August and December in Akagera National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Fish-Eagle on a given day. Each park's African Fish-Eagle page has the full month-by-month chart.
