Great Egret

Where to see

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Hortobágy National Park leads · 109 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Great Egret during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~80%
2 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
3 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
4 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~80%
5 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
6 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~70%
7 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~70%
8 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
9 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
10 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~70%
11 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
12 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
13 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
14 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~60%
15 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~60%
16 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~60%
17 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~60%
18 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~60%
19 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
20 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~60%
21 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
22 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~60%
23 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~60%
24 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~50%
25 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Great Egret?

Hortobágy National Park

In Hortobágy National Park, Hungary, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Great Egret sighting on a given day, the highest of the 109 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Great Egret?

Palo Verde National Park and more

After Hortobágy National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Great Egret are in Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 80%), Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 80%) and Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 80%). Outside Europe, the best options are Palo Verde National Park in Central America (about 80%), Big Cypress National Preserve in North America (about 80%) and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Southeast Asia (about 70%).

When is the best time to see a Great Egret?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July–September and December–January in Hortobágy National Park (about 90%), January–February and August in Palo Verde National Park (about 90%) and September to January in Big Cypress National Preserve (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Great Egret on a given day. Each park's Great Egret page has the full month-by-month chart.