Where to see
Dendrocygna javanica
Yala National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lesser Whistling-Duck during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Yala National Park
In Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Whistling-Duck sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Wilpattu National Park and more
After Yala National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Lesser Whistling-Duck are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%), Keoladeo National Park (India, about 40%) and Sundarbans National Park (India, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April–May and November in Yala National Park (about 80%), March–May, October and December in Wilpattu National Park (about 50%) and April–May and July in Keoladeo National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lesser Whistling-Duck on a given day. Each park's Lesser Whistling-Duck page has the full month-by-month chart.
