Where to see
Brachythemis leucosticta
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Southern Banded Groundling during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 3 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 7 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 8 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 12 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 15 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 18 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 19 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Banded Groundling sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Ankarafantsika National Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Southern Banded Groundling are in Ankarafantsika National Park (Madagascar, about 50%), Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 50%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%), September in Ankarafantsika National Park (about 70%) and April and September–November in Lower Zambezi National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Banded Groundling on a given day. Each park's Southern Banded Groundling page has the full month-by-month chart.
