Where to see
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Gonarezhou National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Saddle-billed Stork during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 3 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 11 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 14 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 15 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Gonarezhou National Park
In Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Saddle-billed Stork sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Moremi Game Reserve and more
After Gonarezhou National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Saddle-billed Stork are in Moremi Game Reserve (Botswana, about 50%), South Luangwa National Park (Zambia, about 50%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September in Gonarezhou National Park (about 80%), March and December in Moremi Game Reserve (about 60%) and August and October in South Luangwa National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Saddle-billed Stork on a given day. Each park's Saddle-billed Stork page has the full month-by-month chart.
