Where to see
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Kafue National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-collared Barbet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
Kafue National Park
In Kafue National Park, Zambia, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Black-collared Barbet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
uMkhuze Game Reserve and more
After Kafue National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-collared Barbet are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%), Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 40%) and Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November and December in Kafue National Park (about 60%), January and August in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 70%) and October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-collared Barbet on a given day. Each park's Black-collared Barbet page has the full month-by-month chart.
