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Akagera National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Wattled Lapwing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Akagera National Park
In Akagera National Park, Rwanda, about 60% of wildlife watchers report an African Wattled Lapwing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Niokolo-Koba National Park and more
After Akagera National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Wattled Lapwing are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 60%), Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 50%) and Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April–July and September in Akagera National Park (about 70%), February to April in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 70%) and September in Kafue National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Wattled Lapwing on a given day. Each park's African Wattled Lapwing page has the full month-by-month chart.
