Where to see
Plectropterus gambensis
Liwonde National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Spur-winged Goose during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 2 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 4 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 6 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 11 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 17 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Liwonde National Park
In Liwonde National Park, Malawi, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Spur-winged Goose sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Gonarezhou National Park and more
After Liwonde National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Spur-winged Goose are in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 60%), Chobe National Park (Botswana, about 50%) and Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Liwonde National Park (about 90%), October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 70%) and March and December–January in Chobe National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Spur-winged Goose on a given day. Each park's Spur-winged Goose page has the full month-by-month chart.
