Asian Green Bee-eater

Where to see

Asian Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Udawalawe National Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Asian Green Bee-eater during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Udawalawe National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~90%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~80%
3 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~80%
4 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~60%
6 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
7 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
8 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
9 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~50%
10 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
11 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~40%
12 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
13 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
14 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
15 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
16 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
17 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
18 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
19 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see an Asian Green Bee-eater?

Udawalawe National Park

In Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, about 90% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Green Bee-eater sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see an Asian Green Bee-eater?

Yala National Park and more

After Udawalawe National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Asian Green Bee-eater are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%) and Gir National Park (India, about 60%).

When is the best time to see an Asian Green Bee-eater?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March, May–June and August–January in Udawalawe National Park (about 90%), January–February, April–July and November in Yala National Park (about 90%) and January in Wilpattu National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Asian Green Bee-eater on a given day. Each park's Asian Green Bee-eater page has the full month-by-month chart.