Where to see
Gypaetus barbatus
Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bearded Vulture during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 2 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
In Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bearded Vulture sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hemis National Park and more
After Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Bearded Vulture are in Hemis National Park (India, about 50%), Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 40%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%). Outside Asia, the best options are Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in Europe (about 40%) and Golden Gate Highlands National Park in Africa (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June, August–September and December in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (about 60%), March in Hemis National Park (about 80%) and March, May, August, October and December–January in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bearded Vulture on a given day. Each park's Bearded Vulture page has the full month-by-month chart.
