Where to see
Bubulcus ibis
Los Haitises National Park leads · 69 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cattle Egret during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 8 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 10 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 14 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 15 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 16 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 17 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 19 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 20 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 21 | Isla del Coco National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 22 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 23 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 24 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 25 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Los Haitises National Park
In Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Cattle Egret sighting on a given day, the highest of the 69 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Amboseli National Park and more
After Los Haitises National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Cattle Egret are in Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 60%), Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 60%) and De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa, about 60%). Outside Central America, the best options are Amboseli National Park in Africa (about 60%), Doñana National Park in Europe (about 40%) and Galápagos Islands in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April–June and August in Los Haitises National Park (about 90%), March in Amboseli National Park (about 80%) and June in Liwonde National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cattle Egret on a given day. Each park's Cattle Egret page has the full month-by-month chart.
