Where to see
Phoeniconaias minor
Lake Nakuru National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lesser Flamingo during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Lake Nakuru National Park
In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Flamingo sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
West Coast National Park and more
After Lake Nakuru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Lesser Flamingo are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 60%), Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 50%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, March–April, July–September and November in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 70%), May–July and October in West Coast National Park (about 80%) and April and August–September in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lesser Flamingo on a given day. Each park's Lesser Flamingo page has the full month-by-month chart.
