Where to see
Glaucidium perlatum
Waterberg Plateau Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Pearl-spotted Owlet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 8 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Waterberg Plateau Park
In Waterberg Plateau Park, Namibia, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pearl-spotted Owlet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Niokolo-Koba National Park and more
After Waterberg Plateau Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Pearl-spotted Owlet are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 40%), Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 40%) and Meru National Park (Kenya, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August in Waterberg Plateau Park (about 80%), January and February in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 40%) and September in Gonarezhou National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Pearl-spotted Owlet on a given day. Each park's Pearl-spotted Owlet page has the full month-by-month chart.
