Where to see
Microcarbo niger
Keoladeo National Park leads · 22 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Little Cormorant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 14 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 17 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 22 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Keoladeo National Park
In Keoladeo National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Little Cormorant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 22 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kaziranga National Park and more
After Keoladeo National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Little Cormorant are in Kaziranga National Park (India, about 70%), Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%) and Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 60%). Outside Asia, the best option is Khao Yai National Park in Southeast Asia (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and November–February in Keoladeo National Park (about 80%), April and September in Kaziranga National Park (about 80%) and February, June and December in Yala National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Little Cormorant on a given day. Each park's Little Cormorant page has the full month-by-month chart.
