Jungle Nightjar

Closest Relatives at Periyar National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	10–20%
2	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	10–20%
3	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	0–10%
4	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	0–10%
5	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
6	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
7	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
8	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
9	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data
10	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Jungle Nightjar in Periyar National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Jungle Nightjar sighting in Periyar National Park, based on 29 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Jungle Nightjar in Periyar National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Jungle Nightjar in Periyar National Park in our monthly data.