Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Where to see

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Brown-hooded Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
2 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~50%
3 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~50%
4 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~50%
5 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
6 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~50%
7 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
8 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
9 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
10 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~40%
11 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~30%
12 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
13 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
14 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
15 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
16 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
17 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~20%
18 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Brown-hooded Kingfisher?

uMkhuze Game Reserve

In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-hooded Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Brown-hooded Kingfisher?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January, April, July and September in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 70%), October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 70%) and August and November in Mana Pools National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Brown-hooded Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Brown-hooded Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.