Where to see
Psilopogon zeylanicus
Kanha National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Brown-headed Barbet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Kanha National Park
In Kanha National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-headed Barbet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Minneriya National Park and more
After Kanha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Brown-headed Barbet are in Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%) and Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February to June in Kanha National Park (about 80%), April in Minneriya National Park (about 90%) and May and October in Wilpattu National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Brown-headed Barbet on a given day. Each park's Brown-headed Barbet page has the full month-by-month chart.
