Where to see
Pelargopsis capensis
Tanjung Puting National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Stork-billed Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 13 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Tanjung Puting National Park
In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Stork-billed Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary and more
After Tanjung Puting National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Stork-billed Kingfisher are in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 70%), Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal, about 40%) and Kaziranga National Park (India, about 40%). Outside Southeast Asia, the best option is Royal Bardia National Park in Asia (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January and June in Tanjung Puting National Park (about 90%), March, May and October–December in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 80%) and March–April, June and September in Royal Bardia National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Stork-billed Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Stork-billed Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
