Medium Egret

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…

Amboseli National Park

Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya

+501 birds+43 mammals

Where the Amboseli basin opens toward the Tanzanian frontier, a shallow alkaline lake mirrors vast skies across one of East Africa's most iconic savanna landscapes. The…

Bako 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…

Bandhavgarh National Park

Garhpuri, India

+285 birds+17 mammals

Where granite ridges rise dramatically above sal and bamboo forests, one of India's most pristine tiger reserves unfolds across the Vindhyan plateau. Ancient rock formations tower…

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…

Bogani 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…

Bribie Island National Park

Brisbane, Australia

+284 birds+20 mammals

Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…

Caohai National Nature Reserve

Bijie, China

+93 birds

At roughly 1,900 metres elevation on Guizhou's high plateau, Caohai sprawls across a temperate landscape shaped by pronounced seasonal extremes. Winters here are dry and cool,…

Cape Range National Park

Australia

+159 birds+15 mammals

Where arid limestone ridges plunge toward turquoise waters, Cape Range National Park frames one of Australia's most dramatic desert-ocean interfaces. The park's spine—a stark, weathered range…

Chobe National Park

Botswana

+446 birds+45 mammals

Where the Chobe River cuts a sinuous path through northern Botswana, the landscape transforms into one of Africa's most dynamic wetland-savanna mosaics. This national park encompasses…

Daintree National Park

Dedin, Australia

+362 birds+37 mammals

Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…

Endeavour River National Park

Philadelphia, Australia

+203 birds+1 mammals

Where the Endeavour River winds through northeastern Queensland's tropical lowlands, a compact mosaic of rainforest, open woodland, and riverine corridor creates one of Australia's most ecologically…

Eravikulam 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…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Garden Route National Park

George, South Africa

+353 birds+54 mammals

Sweeping across the Western Cape's coastal and mountainous terrain, this sprawling national park encompasses over five thousand square kilometers of extraordinarily diverse landscape—from coastal limestone cliffs…

Giant Panda National Park

Mianyang, China

+447 birds+47 mammals

Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…

Gir National Park

Asundrali, India

+258 birds+13 mammals

Dry deciduous forests cloak the rolling hills of western Gujarat where the Gir landscape rises as a final sanctuary for one of the world's rarest felids:…

Great Sandy National Park

Australia

+306 birds+40 mammals

Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…

Gunung 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…

Hat 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…

Kakadu National Park

Kakadu, Australia

+273 birds+46 mammals

Kakadu National Park is Australia’s largest national park and one of the world’s most remarkable protected areas, covering nearly 20,000 square kilometres in the tropical north…

Kanha 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.…

Kaziranga 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…

Keoladeo National Park

Shreenagar Rural, India

+326 birds+14 mammals

Where shallow wetlands shimmer beneath vast Rajasthani skies, one of Asia's finest bird sanctuaries pulses with extraordinary life. This former maharaja's hunting reserve, now spanning 29…

Kerinci Seblat National Park

Kerinci, Indonesia

+228 birds+16 mammals

Across nearly 67,000 square kilometres of Sumatra's spine, a mountainous realm of equatorial rainforest rises from steaming lowlands to volcanic peaks shrouded in cloud. Kerinci Seblat…

Khao 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…

Khao 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…

Khao 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…

Komodo National Park

Komodo, Indonesia

+155 birds+14 mammals

Where volcanic peaks rise dramatically from turquoise waters, a primordial landscape unfolds across three main islands and countless smaller ones scattered throughout the Lesser Sunda archipelago.…

Kruger National Park

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, South Africa

+540 birds+91 mammals

Across the low-lying savanna of northeastern South Africa unfolds one of Africa's largest and most ecologically intact protected areas, where acacia woodlands merge into mopane scrub…

Kuching 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.…

Litchfield National Park

Australia

+175 birds+15 mammals

Where weathered sandstone plateaus rise above the savanna woodlands of Australia's Top End, Litchfield National Park unfolds as a landscape of dramatic contrasts shaped by a…

Lore Lindu National Park

Indonesia

+177 birds+4 mammals

Across the mountainous spine of Central Sulawesi spreads a wilderness of montane forest, rolling ridges, and deep valleys that rises from the island's volcanic bedrock to…

Lunugamvehera National Park

Sri Lanka

+204 birds+14 mammals

Dry scrubland and shallow wetlands converge in Sri Lanka's southeastern lowlands, where Lunugamvehera National Park anchors one of the island's most ecologically vital landscapes. The park's…

Minneriya National Park

Sri Lanka

+158 birds+9 mammals

Across the dry zone of Sri Lanka's North Central Province spreads a landscape of shallow tanks, grassland margins, and scattered dry forest—a mosaic of water and…

Mount Merapi National Park

Hargobinangun, Indonesia

+150 birds+3 mammals

Where the volcanic slopes of central Java rise into mist and montane forest, Mount Merapi National Park guards one of Indonesia's most dynamic landscapes. Spanning roughly…

Mu Ko Similan National Park

Lam Kaen, Thailand

+82 birds+1 mammals

Granite islands rise from the Andaman Sea in a scattered archipelago where limestone cliffs meet turquoise shallows, their steep faces weathered into caves and overhangs that…

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Nalkeri Forest, India

+323 birds+23 mammals

Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the Western…

Nairobi National Park

Nairobi, Kenya

+515 birds+35 mammals

Just minutes from Kenya's capital, where the Nairobi River winds through acacia woodland and open grassland, lies one of Africa's most paradoxical wildlife sanctuaries. The park's…

Nitmiluk National Park

Australia

+186 birds+27 mammals

Dramatic sandstone gorges carved by the Katherine River slice through the tropical savanna of Australia's Top End, creating a landscape where escarpments tower above crystalline pools…

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Mu Dan Jiang Shi, China

+202 birds+19 mammals

Across the temperate forests of northeastern China, where winters grip the landscape in subzero silence and summers remain cool and brief, the Mudanjiang region supports a…

Orang National Park

Rangagarapathar, India

+298 birds+1 mammals

Where the Brahmaputra's floodplains meet the foothills of Assam, Orang National Park unfolds across a mosaic of riverine grasslands, forests and wetlands that pulse with the…

Pampadum Shola National Park

Vattavada, India

+258 birds+14 mammals

Where misty shola forests cling to the high plateaus of the Nilgiri Mountains, ancient evergreen remnants create a world apart. This 2,316-hectare reserve protects one of…

Panna National Park

Badgadi Kalan, India

+271 birds+17 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through central India's Vindhyan plateau, a landscape of stark beauty unfolds across nearly six hundred square kilometers. The Ken River carves through…

Periyar National Park

Mlappara, India

+232 birds+4 mammals

Dawn breaks over mist-shrouded ridges where the Western Ghats tumble toward Kerala's spice-scented lowlands. Here, ancient tropical forests envelope a glittering artificial lake, creating a mosaic…

Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area

Thaphabath District, Thailand

+113 birds

Where the Annamite Mountains descend into central Thailand's monsoon forests, Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area sprawls across rugged limestone terrain interlaced with river valleys and…

Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve

Shangrao, China

+270 birds+7 mammals

Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…

Ranthambhore National Park

Sawai Madhopur, India

+294 birds+20 mammals

Granite ridges and ravines carved through the Aravalli Range frame this protected landscape in eastern Rajasthan, where deciduous forest mingles with open scrubland and seasonal water…

Rinyirru National Park

Lakefield, Australia

+258 birds+7 mammals

Where the savanna grasslands of far north Queensland meet seasonal wetlands and eucalypt woodlands, Rinyirru National Park sprawls across more than 12,500 square kilometres of rugged,…

Royal National Park

Sydney, Australia

+296 birds+46 mammals

Where sandstone ridges plunge toward the Tasman Sea, Royal National Park unfolds across 343 square kilometres of southeastern Australian coastal wilderness. The park's defining character emerges…

Tadoba National Park

Palasgaon Singru, India

+270 birds+20 mammals

Where sal forests meet open grasslands and rocky outcrops rise from red laterite soil, central India's landscape unfolds in raw, untamed beauty. Ancient teak woodlands and…

Taman Nasional Baluran

Situbondo, Indonesia

+189 birds+9 mammals

Across the northeastern tip of East Java, where monsoon winds sweep down from the Bali Strait, a landscape of contrasts unfolds within 374 square kilometres of…

Taman Negara Bukit Lambir National Park

Miri, Malaysia

+153 birds+7 mammals

Rainforest cascades down sandstone ridges where crystal streams carve through ancient geology, creating a landscape of profound biological richness in Sarawak's interior. This 68-square-kilometre sanctuary protects…

Taman Negara National Park

Kampong Samas, Malaysia

+393 birds+48 mammals

Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia's oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of primordial landscape. Dipterocarp giants tower overhead,…

Wasgamuwa National Park

Sri Lanka

+156 birds+8 mammals

Dry deciduous forest and open grassland sweep across the North Central lowlands where Wasgamuwa National Park protects one of Sri Lanka's largest remaining tracts of this…

Way Kambas National Park

Lampung Timur, Indonesia

+237 birds+20 mammals

Across the low swamplands of eastern Lampung, where freshwater wetlands merge into tidal mangrove forests along the Sunda Strait, sprawls one of Sumatra's most vital sanctuaries.…

West Bali National Park

Gerokgak, Indonesia

+240 birds+8 mammals

Across West Bali's northwestern reaches, where the Indian Ocean meets volcanic slopes and limestone cliffs plunge toward turquoise shallows, sprawls a protected realm of roughly 325…

Whitsunday Islands National Park

Whitsundays, Australia

+163 birds+9 mammals

Crystalline waters lap against seventy-four islands where rainforest canopies tumble down to pristine beaches and coral gardens flourish in the shallows. This archipelago off Queensland's coast…

Wuyishan National Park

Yanshan County, China

+141 birds+2 mammals

Where subtropical monsoon rains sustain a perpetually humid landscape, Wuyishan National Park rises from Fujian's eastern plateau as a realm of forested ridges, cascading streams, and…

Yancheng National Nature Reserve

Yancheng, China

+208 birds+4 mammals

Where the East China Sea's tidal rhythms sculpt the Jiangsu coast, Yancheng National Nature Reserve sprawls across one of Asia's most dynamic wetland complexes. This vast…