Where to see
Melursus ursinus
Wilpattu National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Sloth Bear during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Wilpattu National Park
In Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Sloth Bear sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yala National Park and more
After Wilpattu National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Sloth Bear are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%), Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 50%) and Ranthambore National Park (India, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, April–July and September in Wilpattu National Park (about 80%), June and July in Yala National Park (about 70%) and March in Chitwan National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Sloth Bear on a given day. Each park's Sloth Bear page has the full month-by-month chart.
