Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Where to see

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Merops oreobates

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
2 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
3 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
4 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~40%
5 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
6 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
7 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater?

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater?

Arusha National Park and more

After Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater are in Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 40%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 40%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 40%).

When is the best time to see a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February and October in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (about 60%), October and December in Arusha National Park (about 60%) and February in Aberdare National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater on a given day. Each park's Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater page has the full month-by-month chart.