Where to see
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Lake Nakuru National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Grey-hooded Gull during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
Lake Nakuru National Park
In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-hooded Gull sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
iSimangaliso Wetland Park and more
After Lake Nakuru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Grey-hooded Gull are in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 30%), Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 20%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 70%), January and July–October in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (about 40%) and October in Liwonde National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Grey-hooded Gull on a given day. Each park's Grey-hooded Gull page has the full month-by-month chart.
