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uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 31 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 12 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 18 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 20 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 21 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 22 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 23 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 24 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 25 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove sighting on a given day, the highest of the 31 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Gonarezhou National Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing an Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 80%), Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 70%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, August and October in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 90%), October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 90%) and June–July and November–January in Mana Pools National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove on a given day. Each park's Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove page has the full month-by-month chart.
