Where to see
Sitta frontalis
Horton Plains National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Velvet-fronted Nuthatch during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Horton Plains National Park
In Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet-fronted Nuthatch sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Periyar National Park and more
After Horton Plains National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Velvet-fronted Nuthatch are in Periyar National Park (India, about 40%), Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka, about 30%) and Jim Corbett National Park (India, about 20%). Outside Asia, the best option is Bako National Park in Southeast Asia (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February, May, July and September–October in Horton Plains National Park (about 50%), January and May in Periyar National Park (about 50%) and May and September in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Velvet-fronted Nuthatch on a given day. Each park's Velvet-fronted Nuthatch page has the full month-by-month chart.
