Where to see
Upupa africana
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Hoopoe during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 13 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 14 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 40% of wildlife watchers report an African Hoopoe sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing an African Hoopoe are in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 40%), Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya, about 40%) and Moremi Game Reserve (Botswana, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 60%), May in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (about 50%) and November in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Hoopoe on a given day. Each park's African Hoopoe page has the full month-by-month chart.
