Where to see
Passer diffusus
Gonarezhou National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 5 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 9 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 10 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 11 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 15 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 17 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Gonarezhou National Park
In Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Mana Pools National Park and more
After Gonarezhou National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow are in Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 50%), uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%) and Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and September–October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 70%), November and December in Mana Pools National Park (about 60%) and January and April in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Gray-headed Sparrow on a given day. Each park's Southern Gray-headed Sparrow page has the full month-by-month chart.
