Where to see
Ploceus ocularis
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Spectacled Weaver during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spectacled Weaver sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Gonarezhou National Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Spectacled Weaver are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%), iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 30%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 60%), September in Gonarezhou National Park (about 40%) and May and October–January in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Spectacled Weaver on a given day. Each park's Spectacled Weaver page has the full month-by-month chart.
