Where can you see the Oriental Pratincole?
Some of the best places to see the Oriental Pratincole in the wild include Kakadu National Park (Australia), Kaziranga National Park (India) and Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka) — among 16 wildlife hotspots across 8 countries, including India, Indonesia, Australia and Sri Lanka. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
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…
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 PARKKeoladeo 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…
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 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLitchfield 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLunugamvehera 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMinneriya 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPoyang 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.…
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