Where can you see the Chestnut Munia?
Some of the best places to see the Chestnut Munia in the wild include Orang National Park (India), Bako National Park (Malaysia) and Kaziranga National Park (India) — among 13 wildlife hotspots across Malaysia, Indonesia, India, the United States and Thailand. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Aketajawe Lolobata National Park
Oba Tengah, Indonesia
+123 birds+2 mammals
Across the northeastern arm of Halmahera, where the Wallace Line once marked the boundary between Asian and Australasian fauna, lies a sprawling wilderness of over 13,800…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBako National Park
Kuching, Malaysia
+210 birds+17 mammals
Weathered sandstone cliffs rise dramatically from the South China Sea, their ochre faces sculpted by millennia of wind and tide into a landscape of extraordinary geological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBogani Nani Wartabone National Park
Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia
+154 birds+4 mammals
Across North Sulawesi's rugged interior, where tectonic uplift has carved steep ridges and deep valleys through ancient volcanic terrain, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park sprawls across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Mulu National Park
Long Seridan, Malaysia
+280 birds+39 mammals
Where granite monoliths pierce the rainforest canopy of Sarawak, an ancient limestone karst landscape reveals one of Southeast Asia's most biodiverse strongholds. Soaring peaks cloaked in…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHaleakalā National Park
Maui County, United States
+66 birds+4 mammals
Ascending from sea level to over 10,000 feet across a mere thirty miles, Haleakalā National Park commands one of the Pacific's most dramatic elevation gradients, where…
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 Ya-Mu Ko Samet National Park
Mueang Rayong District, Thailand
+159 birds+3 mammals
Where limestone hills meet the Gulf of Thailand, Khao Laem Ya–Mu Ko Samet National Park stitches together a mosaic of terrestrial and marine worlds that few…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
Kilauea, United States
+79 birds+1 mammals
At the northernmost tip of Kauai, where the Pacific trades collide with volcanic rock, Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Sanctuary crowns a dramatic headland overlooking one of…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKuching Wetlands National Park
Kuching, Malaysia
+103 birds+4 mammals
Where brackish waters meet mangrove stilts and freshwater swamps blend into coastal mudflats, one of Southeast Asia's most dynamic wetland ecosystems unfolds across Sarawak's northwestern coast.…
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