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Wilpattu National Park leads · 38 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Crested Serpent Eagle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 15 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 18 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 20 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 21 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 22 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 23 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 24 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 25 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Wilpattu National Park
In Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Serpent Eagle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 38 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary and more
After Wilpattu National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Crested Serpent Eagle are in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 60%), Kaziranga National Park (India, about 60%) and Manas National Park (India, about 50%). Outside Asia, the best option is Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Southeast Asia (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February, May and November in Wilpattu National Park (about 80%), March–April, June and November in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 70%) and January and February in Kaziranga National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crested Serpent Eagle on a given day. Each park's Crested Serpent Eagle page has the full month-by-month chart.
