Blue-throated Bee-eater

Where to see

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Merops viridis

Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~60%
2 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~50%
3 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
4 Tanjung Puting National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
5 Bako National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
6 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
7 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
8 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Blue-throated Bee-eater?

Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

In Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Malaysia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Bee-eater sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Blue-throated Bee-eater?

Sepilok and more

After Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, the next-best odds of seeing a Blue-throated Bee-eater are in Sepilok (Malaysia, about 50%), Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 40%) and Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia, about 30%).

When is the best time to see a Blue-throated Bee-eater?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July, September and November in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 70%), March, June and September in Sepilok (about 60%) and October in Way Kambas National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue-throated Bee-eater on a given day. Each park's Blue-throated Bee-eater page has the full month-by-month chart.