Where to see
Halcyon smyrnensis
Keoladeo National Park leads · 31 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a White-throated Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 15 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 17 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 18 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 22 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 23 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 24 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 25 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Keoladeo National Park
In Keoladeo National Park, India, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 31 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Wilpattu National Park and more
After Keoladeo National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a White-throated Kingfisher are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%), Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 80%) and Ranthambore National Park (India, about 70%). Outside Asia, the best option is Way Kambas National Park in Southeast Asia (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May in Keoladeo National Park (over 90%), January, May, July and November in Wilpattu National Park (about 90%) and April–May, August and October–January in Chitwan National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a White-throated Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's White-throated Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
