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Nisaetus cirrhatus
Udawalawe National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Crested Hawk-Eagle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 13 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Udawalawe National Park
In Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Hawk-Eagle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yala National Park and more
After Udawalawe National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Crested Hawk-Eagle are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%) and Jim Corbett National Park (India, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March–April, June, October and December–January in Udawalawe National Park (about 60%), February, May and November in Yala National Park (about 60%) and November in Wilpattu National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crested Hawk-Eagle on a given day. Each park's Crested Hawk-Eagle page has the full month-by-month chart.
