Where to see
Euplectes capensis
Golden Gate Highlands National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Yellow-rumped Widowbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
In Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Widowbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
West Coast National Park and more
After Golden Gate Highlands National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Yellow-rumped Widowbird are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 40%), De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa, about 30%) and Bale Mountains National Park (Ethiopia, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January in Golden Gate Highlands National Park (about 60%), October in West Coast National Park (about 70%) and September in De Hoop Nature Reserve (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Yellow-rumped Widowbird on a given day. Each park's Yellow-rumped Widowbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
