Where to see
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Berenty Reserve leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Orange-Winged Dropwing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 3 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
Berenty Reserve
In Berenty Reserve, Madagascar, about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Winged Dropwing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Waterberg Plateau Park and more
After Berenty Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing an Orange-Winged Dropwing are in Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 30%), uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%) and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and October in Berenty Reserve (about 60%), December in Waterberg Plateau Park (about 60%) and May in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Orange-Winged Dropwing on a given day. Each park's Orange-Winged Dropwing page has the full month-by-month chart.
