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Saxicola torquatus
Golden Gate Highlands National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Stonechat during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 7 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 10 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 14 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
In Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa, about 70% of wildlife watchers report an African Stonechat sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Mantadia National Park and more
After Golden Gate Highlands National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Stonechat are in Mantadia National Park (Madagascar, about 50%), Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 50%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August and September in Golden Gate Highlands National Park (about 80%), May in Mantadia National Park (about 80%) and April in Arusha National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Stonechat on a given day. Each park's African Stonechat page has the full month-by-month chart.
