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Kiskunság National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cardinal Butterfly during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Kiskunság National Park
In Kiskunság National Park, Hungary, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cardinal Butterfly sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hortobágy National Park and more
After Kiskunság National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Cardinal Butterfly are in Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 30%), Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 30%) and Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Spain, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August in Kiskunság National Park (about 70%), June in Hortobágy National Park (about 50%) and June–July and September in Sierra Nevada National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cardinal Butterfly on a given day. Each park's Cardinal Butterfly page has the full month-by-month chart.
