Where to see
Passer montanus
Gauja National Park leads · 20 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Eurasian Tree Sparrow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 10 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 11 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 12 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 13 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 16 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 17 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 18 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 19 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 20 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Gauja National Park
In Gauja National Park, Latvia, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Tree Sparrow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 20 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hortobágy National Park and more
After Gauja National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Eurasian Tree Sparrow are in Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 70%), Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 60%) and Fertő-Hanság National Park (Hungary, about 50%). Outside Europe, the best options are Bako National Park in Southeast Asia (about 40%) and Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in Asia (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February in Gauja National Park (about 90%), July and October–November in Hortobágy National Park (about 80%) and July in Kiskunság National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Eurasian Tree Sparrow on a given day. Each park's Eurasian Tree Sparrow page has the full month-by-month chart.
