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Mercantour National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Northern Chamois during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 6 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Mercantour National Park
In Mercantour National Park, France, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Chamois sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tatra National Park and more
After Mercantour National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Northern Chamois are in Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 70%), Ecrins National Park (France, about 50%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 50%). Outside Europe, the best option is Arthur's Pass National Park in Oceania (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February–March, June, August and November–December in Mercantour National Park (about 90%), July and August in Tatra National Park (about 80%) and January–February and November in Ecrins National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Northern Chamois on a given day. Each park's Northern Chamois page has the full month-by-month chart.
