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Mole National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Woolly-necked Stork during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Chinko Conservation Area | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | |
| 4 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Pendjari National Park | 🇧🇯 Benin | |
| 6 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 13 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Mole National Park
In Mole National Park, Ghana, about 50% of wildlife watchers report an African Woolly-necked Stork sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and more
After Mole National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Woolly-necked Stork are in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 30%), Chinko Conservation Area (Central African Republic, about 30%) and uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August in Mole National Park (about 60%), December in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (about 60%) and March–May and December in Chinko Conservation Area (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Woolly-necked Stork on a given day. Each park's African Woolly-necked Stork page has the full month-by-month chart.
