Striated Heron

Where to see

Striated Heron

Butorides striata

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 36 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Striated Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
2 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~60%
3 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
4 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~60%
5 Tanjung Puting National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~60%
6 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
~50%
7 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~50%
8 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
9 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~40%
10 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
11 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~40%
12 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~40%
13 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~40%
14 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
15 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
16 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
17 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
18 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
19 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~30%
20 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
21 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
22 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
23 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%
24 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
25 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Striated Heron?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Striated Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 36 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Striated Heron?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May and August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), October and November in Caroni Swamp (about 80%) and July and August in Sundarbans National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Striated Heron on a given day. Each park's Striated Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.