Where to see
Canis mesomelas
Ruaha National Park leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-backed Jackal during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 3 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 12 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 19 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 20 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 21 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 22 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 23 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Ruaha National Park
In Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black-backed Jackal sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Etosha National Park and more
After Ruaha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-backed Jackal are in Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 60%), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (South Africa, about 60%) and Golden Gate Highlands National Park (South Africa, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July, September and December–January in Ruaha National Park (about 80%), February–March, June and November in Etosha National Park (about 70%) and February in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-backed Jackal on a given day. Each park's Black-backed Jackal page has the full month-by-month chart.
