Grey Pelican

Closest Relatives at Wilpattu National Park

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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	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	40–50%
2	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	30–40%
3	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	20–30%
4	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	20–30%
5	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	<5%
6	Horton Plains National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data
7	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data
8	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Grey Pelican in Wilpattu National Park?

About 29% of visitor-days record a Grey Pelican sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 126 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Grey Pelican in Wilpattu National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Grey Pelican in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.