Where to see
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Nyungwe National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black Sawwing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 12 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 13 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Nyungwe National Park
In Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black Sawwing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and more
After Nyungwe National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black Sawwing are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 60%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 60%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February, April–May and July in Nyungwe National Park (about 70%), July in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (about 70%) and January and September in Aberdare National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black Sawwing on a given day. Each park's Black Sawwing page has the full month-by-month chart.
