Where to see
Amaurornis flavirostra
Queen Elizabeth National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black Crake during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 12 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 13 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 14 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 17 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 18 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Queen Elizabeth National Park
In Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black Crake sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Akagera National Park and more
After Queen Elizabeth National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black Crake are in Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 40%), Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 30%) and Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June–July and November in Queen Elizabeth National Park (about 50%), September in Akagera National Park (about 60%) and October in Kruger National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black Crake on a given day. Each park's Black Crake page has the full month-by-month chart.
