Where to see
Vanellus malabaricus
Yala National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Yellow-wattled Lapwing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Yala National Park
In Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-wattled Lapwing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Udawalawe National Park and more
After Yala National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Yellow-wattled Lapwing are in Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 50%), Kanha National Park (India, about 20%) and Mudumalai National Park (India, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December in Yala National Park (about 60%), June and December–January in Udawalawe National Park (about 60%) and December to May in Kanha National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Yellow-wattled Lapwing on a given day. Each park's Yellow-wattled Lapwing page has the full month-by-month chart.
