Where to see
Sporopipes squamifrons
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Scaly Weaver during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 3 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
In Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Scaly Weaver sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Namib-Naukluft National Park and more
After Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Scaly Weaver are in Namib-Naukluft National Park (Namibia, about 30%), Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 20%) and Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September and November in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (about 70%), November in Namib-Naukluft National Park (about 70%) and April–June and November–January in Etosha National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Scaly Weaver on a given day. Each park's Scaly Weaver page has the full month-by-month chart.
