Where to see
Oenanthe oenanthe
Mercantour National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Northern Wheatear during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 12 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 13 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 14 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 16 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Mercantour National Park
In Mercantour National Park, France, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Wheatear sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Vanoise National Park and more
After Mercantour National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Northern Wheatear are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 50%), Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 30%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 30%). Outside Europe, the best options are Kidepo Valley National Park in Africa (about 20%) and Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in Asia (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Mercantour National Park (about 70%), September in Vanoise National Park (about 70%) and June in Aigüestortes National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Northern Wheatear on a given day. Each park's Northern Wheatear page has the full month-by-month chart.
