All 4 in 3 days here: ~80%
Kanha National Park
🇮🇳 India
Indian Subcontinent, India 757 spp. recorded
Kanha National Park sits in the central uplands of India, protecting a dense tropical rainforest of sal and bamboo trees. Interlaced with grassy meadows and seasonal streams, this protected terrain offers a distinct terrain of closed canopy forest and open feeding grounds.
22.275° N 80.663° E
🦜 Nature
391 Species sighted
387,176 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Mar Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 455 more species with insufficient data
Challenges you can complete here
All 4 in 3 days here: ~10%
Recent sightings in Kanha National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
63Jan
67Feb
71Mar
67Apr
53May
53Jun
48Jul
39Aug
43Sep
55Oct
62Nov
64Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Kanha Zone
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Axis Deer~90%+10%
Blackbuck~90%+40%
Asian Jackal~80%+10%
Northern Plains Gray Langur~70%≈
Indian Flap-shelled Turtle~70%+30%
Tiger~60%-20%
Brown-headed Barbet~60%-10%
Black-hooded Oriole~50%-20%
Jungle Babbler~50%-10%
Coppersmith Barbet~50%-10%
White-throated Kingfisher~50%-20%
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo~50%-20%
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Mukki Zone
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Sondar
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Kisli Zone
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Medium
Typical stay
2–3
daysTrails
Easy
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Excellent
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
Very goodHow rich is the wildlife?
4.2
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 572
🐒 Mammals 95
🦎 Reptiles 76
🐸 Amphibians 14
757 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
46 Threatened 8 Endemic
🔭
Sighting
ExcellentHow likely to see animals?
4.6
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
75% 📊
Coverage (199 species at ≥5% of 757 in the inventory)
26% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (7 mammal, 5 bird)
65% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
134 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
24 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
42 🏕️
Experience
ExcellentHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.4
Climate Mixed Medium
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Easy High
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
This time was no different…but we still managed to enjoy the company of many from the Deer family – Barking Deer, Barasingha, and Spotted Deer and spent some time with them as they played and went on their hind legs for the fruit from the tree.
Right at the beginning of the first exit, a tiger is spotted - the usual pack of off-road vehicles races to the reported spot, we are right in the middle of it.
The excitement in our group was palpable; we were all eager to catch a glimpse of the park’s most iconic resident — TIGER.
We saw the Barasingha, one of the only places in India one sees this family of deer.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Kanha National Park?
757 species
Kanha National Park has 757 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Pearl-necked Dove (about 80%), Axis Deer (about 80%), Tiger (about 80%), Barasingha (about 80%) and Northern Plains Gray Langur (about 80%). Among reptiles, the most-seen is Indian Flap-shelled Turtle (about 40%).
When is the best time to visit Kanha National Park for wildlife?
April and October
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 80% on a given day, against about 50% in July to September. Those are among Kanha National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 430 mm in July.
Can you see a Tiger in Kanha National Park?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Tiger sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is April (about 90%).
Can you see a Barasingha in Kanha National Park?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Barasingha sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 101 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is February, April–June, October and December (about 80%).
Can you see an Axis Deer in Kanha National Park?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report an Axis Deer sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 92 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is April (about 90%).
Can you see a Northern Plains Gray Langur in Kanha National Park?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Plains Gray Langur sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 80 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is April (about 90%).
Where in Kanha National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Kanha Zone
The richest sighting zone is around Kanha Zone, followed by Mukki Zone and Sondar, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Kanha National Park good for wildlife watching?
4.5 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Kanha National Park rates 4.5/5: 56th of 316 parks worldwide and 10th in Asia. 47 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
