Yellow-necked Francolin

Where to see

Yellow-necked Francolin

Pternistis leucoscepus

Meru National Park leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~80%
2 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~80%
3 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~70%
4 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
5 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
6 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
7 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
8 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Yellow-necked Francolin?

Meru National Park

In Meru National Park, Kenya, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-necked Francolin sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-necked Francolin?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February–April and October in Meru National Park (about 90%), May and June in Samburu National Reserve (about 90%) and March–May and November in Tarangire National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Yellow-necked Francolin on a given day. Each park's Yellow-necked Francolin page has the full month-by-month chart.