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Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Green Imperial-Pigeon during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 14 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 15 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
In Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Malaysia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Green Imperial-Pigeon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tangkoko Nature Reserve and more
After Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, the next-best odds of seeing a Green Imperial-Pigeon are in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (Indonesia, about 80%), Komodo National Park (Indonesia, about 70%) and Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%). Outside Southeast Asia, the best option is Wilpattu National Park in Asia (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March, June–October and December in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 80%), July in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (about 90%) and January and September–October in Komodo National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Green Imperial-Pigeon on a given day. Each park's Green Imperial-Pigeon page has the full month-by-month chart.
