Great Thick-knee

Closest Relatives at Yala 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	30–40%
2	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	30–40%
3	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	20–30%
4	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	0–10%
5	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	0–10%
6	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	0–10%
7	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
8	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
9	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
10	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
11	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
12	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Thick-knee in Yala National Park?

About 37% of visitor-days record a Great Thick-knee sighting in Yala National Park, based on 392 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Great Thick-knee in Yala National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Great Thick-knee in Yala National Park in our monthly data.