Where to see
Tadorna ferruginea
Kaziranga National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Ruddy Shelduck during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 6 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Kaziranga National Park
In Kaziranga National Park, India, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Shelduck sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Chitwan National Park and more
After Kaziranga National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Ruddy Shelduck are in Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 50%), Bale Mountains National Park (Ethiopia, about 40%) and Keoladeo National Park (India, about 40%). Outside Asia, the best options are Bale Mountains National Park in Africa (about 40%) and Sierra de Guadarrama National Park in Europe (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December in Kaziranga National Park (about 80%), February and December in Chitwan National Park (about 80%) and May to July in Bale Mountains National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Ruddy Shelduck on a given day. Each park's Ruddy Shelduck page has the full month-by-month chart.
