Where can you see the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater?
Some of the best places to see the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater in the wild include Eravikulam National Park (India), Orang National Park (India) and Kanha Tiger Reserve (India) — among 25 wildlife hotspots across 7 countries, including India, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bandipur National Park
Hirehalli, India
+302 birds+19 mammals
Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. Bandipur unfolds across 880 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEravikulam National Park
Devikulam, India
+192 birds+7 mammals
High in the Western Ghats of Kerala, where monsoon mists cling to slopes that rise above 2,000 metres, Eravikulam National Park preserves one of South India's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGangotri National Park
Bhatwari, India
+119 birds+1 mammals
Where the Bhagirathi River carves through the western Himalayas in northern Uttarakhand, Gangotri National Park rises across steep alpine terrain that defines the boundary between temperate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China
+443 birds+13 mammals
VIEW NATURE RESERVEHat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
Ao Nang, Thailand
+253 birds+9 mammals
Where limestone karsts rise dramatically from turquoise waters, Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park unfolds across a mosaic of beach, mangrove forest, and island…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKanha Tiger Reserve
Kanha Kisli F.V., India
+321 birds+23 mammals
Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India's finest wilderness reserves unfolds across the Maikal Range.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKaziranga National Park
Kohora, India
+422 birds+26 mammals
Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhao Laem National Park
Sangkhla Buri District, Thailand
+197 birds
Where the Vajiralongkorn Reservoir sprawls across the forested valleys of Kanchanaburi's northern borderlands, Khao Laem National Park protects a landscape where limestone ridges rise dramatically from…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhao Yai National Park
Prachantakham District, Thailand
+377 birds+46 mammals
Evergreen dipterocarp forest blankets the rolling terrain of this national park in eastern Thailand, where limestone hills rise abruptly from the forest floor and seasonal streams…
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