Where to see
Tauraco porphyreolophus
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Purple-Crested Turaco during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 7 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-Crested Turaco sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
iSimangaliso Wetland Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Purple-Crested Turaco are in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 30%), Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 30%) and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%), February and October–December in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (about 40%) and October and November in Liwonde National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Purple-Crested Turaco on a given day. Each park's Purple-Crested Turaco page has the full month-by-month chart.
