Where to see
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Lake Nakuru National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Spoonbill during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 10 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 11 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 13 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 17 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
Lake Nakuru National Park
In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, about 60% of wildlife watchers report an African Spoonbill sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Amboseli National Park and more
After Lake Nakuru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Spoonbill are in Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 50%), Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 40%) and Chobe National Park (Botswana, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and July–August in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 70%), January in Amboseli National Park (about 70%) and March–April, June and August–November in Nairobi National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Spoonbill on a given day. Each park's African Spoonbill page has the full month-by-month chart.
