Blue-naped Mousebird

Where to see

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

Lake Mburo National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blue-naped Mousebird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
2 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~50%
3 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
4 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~40%
5 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
6 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
7 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
8 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
9 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
10 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
11 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
12 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
13 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
14 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Blue-naped Mousebird?

Lake Mburo National Park

In Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-naped Mousebird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Blue-naped Mousebird?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July and October in Lake Mburo National Park (about 70%), December and January in Akagera National Park (about 60%) and February and April in Tsavo West National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue-naped Mousebird on a given day. Each park's Blue-naped Mousebird page has the full month-by-month chart.