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Halcyon senegalensis
Semuliki National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Woodland Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 9 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 10 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 16 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Semuliki National Park
In Semuliki National Park, Uganda, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Woodland Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Lake Mburo National Park and more
After Semuliki National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Woodland Kingfisher are in Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 60%), Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 40%) and Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May–July, September and December–March in Semuliki National Park (about 70%), January and August in Lake Mburo National Park (about 70%) and April in Akagera National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Woodland Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Woodland Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
