Where to see
Leptoptilos crumenifer
Lake Nakuru National Park leads · 27 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Marabou Stork during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 13 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 14 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 17 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 18 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 20 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 21 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 22 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 23 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 24 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 25 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Lake Nakuru National Park
In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Marabou Stork sighting on a given day, the highest of the 27 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Nairobi National Park and more
After Lake Nakuru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Marabou Stork are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 50%), Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, about 50%) and Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April to June in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 80%), February–April and August–October in Nairobi National Park (about 60%) and February in Serengeti National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Marabou Stork on a given day. Each park's Marabou Stork page has the full month-by-month chart.
