Where to see
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Meru National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Gray-headed Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 12 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Meru National Park
In Meru National Park, Kenya, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Murchison Falls National Park and more
After Meru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Gray-headed Kingfisher are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 60%), Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 50%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Meru National Park (about 90%), January to March in Murchison Falls National Park (about 80%) and June and November–December in Samburu National Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Gray-headed Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Gray-headed Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
