Where to see
Melaenornis pammelaina
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Southern Black Flycatcher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 7 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Black Flycatcher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Mkomazi National Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Southern Black Flycatcher are in Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 30%), Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%) and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October and November in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 60%), September in Mkomazi National Park (about 50%) and June–July, September–October and December in Mikumi National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Black Flycatcher on a given day. Each park's Southern Black Flycatcher page has the full month-by-month chart.
