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Sundarbans National Park leads · 25 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 15 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 20 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 22 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 23 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 24 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 25 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Sundarbans National Park
In Sundarbans National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 25 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Wilpattu National Park and more
After Sundarbans National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Kingfisher are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%), Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%) and Keoladeo National Park (India, about 50%). Outside Asia, the best options are Camargue in Europe (about 30%) and Cuc Phuong National Park in Southeast Asia (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July, September and December–March in Sundarbans National Park (about 80%), June–July, September–October and December in Wilpattu National Park (about 70%) and January and March–August in Yala National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Common Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
