Where to see
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
Kaziranga National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Kaziranga National Park
In Kaziranga National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Wilpattu National Park and more
After Kaziranga National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%), Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%) and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 30%). Outside Asia, the best option is Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Southeast Asia (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March in Kaziranga National Park (about 80%), November in Wilpattu National Park (about 60%) and July and September–November in Yala National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Gray-headed Fish-Eagle on a given day. Each park's Gray-headed Fish-Eagle page has the full month-by-month chart.
