Where to see
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Lake Mburo National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Striped Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 7 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 8 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 9 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 15 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 16 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 17 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Lake Mburo National Park
In Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
uMkhuze Game Reserve and more
After Lake Mburo National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Striped Kingfisher are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%), Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 30%) and Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August in Lake Mburo National Park (about 70%), April and October in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 50%) and October and November in Mikumi National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Striped Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Striped Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
