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Yala National Park leads · 22 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Brahminy Kite during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 13 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 15 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 16 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 19 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 22 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Yala National Park
In Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Brahminy Kite sighting on a given day, the highest of the 22 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Komodo National Park and more
After Yala National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Brahminy Kite are in Komodo National Park (Indonesia, about 60%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%) and Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%). Outside Asia, the best options are Komodo National Park in Southeast Asia (about 60%) and Daintree National Park in Oceania (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March–September and November–January in Yala National Park (about 70%), September in Komodo National Park (about 80%) and May and September in Wilpattu National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Brahminy Kite on a given day. Each park's Brahminy Kite page has the full month-by-month chart.
