Black-crowned Night Heron

Where to see

Black-crowned Night Heron

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Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 24 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-crowned Night Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
2 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
3 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
4 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
~40%
5 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
6 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
7 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
8 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
10 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~30%
11 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
12 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
13 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
14 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
15 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~20%
16 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
17 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%
18 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
19 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~20%
20 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
21 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
22 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~20%
23 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~20%
24 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Black-crowned Night Heron?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-crowned Night Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 24 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Black-crowned Night Heron?

Keoladeo National Park and more

After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-crowned Night Heron are in Keoladeo National Park (India, about 60%), Channel Islands National Park (United States, about 50%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 40%). Outside South America, the best options are Keoladeo National Park in Asia (about 60%), Channel Islands National Park in North America (about 50%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park in Africa (about 40%).

When is the best time to see a Black-crowned Night Heron?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), February and April–May in Keoladeo National Park (about 70%) and June in Channel Islands National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-crowned Night Heron on a given day. Each park's Black-crowned Night Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.