Where to see
Hemiprocne coronata
Yala National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Crested Treeswift during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Yala National Park
In Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Treeswift sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Wilpattu National Park and more
After Yala National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Crested Treeswift are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%), Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%) and Mudumalai National Park (India, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Yala National Park (about 70%), November in Wilpattu National Park (about 60%) and January and July in Udawalawe National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crested Treeswift on a given day. Each park's Crested Treeswift page has the full month-by-month chart.
