Where to see
Leptoptilos javanicus
Kaziranga National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lesser Adjutant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Kaziranga National Park
In Kaziranga National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Adjutant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Sundarbans National Park and more
After Kaziranga National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Lesser Adjutant are in Sundarbans National Park (India, about 60%), Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 50%) and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 40%). Outside Asia, the best option is Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Southeast Asia (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, April and August in Kaziranga National Park (about 80%), July and September in Sundarbans National Park (about 70%) and January and March in Chitwan National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lesser Adjutant on a given day. Each park's Lesser Adjutant page has the full month-by-month chart.
