Where to see
Urocolius indicus
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-faced Mousebird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 10 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-faced Mousebird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Pilanesberg National Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Red-faced Mousebird are in Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa, about 40%), Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 30%) and Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March–April and August–October in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 60%), April and August in Pilanesberg National Park (about 60%) and August in Lower Zambezi National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-faced Mousebird on a given day. Each park's Red-faced Mousebird page has the full month-by-month chart.
