Where to see
Ardeola ralloides
Ankarafantsika National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Squacco Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 4 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 8 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 10 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 13 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 15 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 16 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
Ankarafantsika National Park
In Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Squacco Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Amboseli National Park and more
After Ankarafantsika National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Squacco Heron are in Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 50%), Chobe National Park (Botswana, about 50%) and Moremi Game Reserve (Botswana, about 40%). Outside Africa, the best option is Hortobágy National Park in Europe (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October and November in Ankarafantsika National Park (about 60%), February–April and August–October in Amboseli National Park (about 60%) and November to February in Chobe National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Squacco Heron on a given day. Each park's Squacco Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.
