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Where to see the Nilgai

Boselaphus tragocamelus · mammal · Bovidae

Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is recorded in 23 protected areas and wildlife sites across 3 countries in our database. The places with the strongest evidence are Kevladev National Park (India), Pench Tiger Reserve (India) and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (United States of America).

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Where is the best place to see the Nilgai?

Based on GBIF records and our guides, the best-documented places to see the Nilgai are Kevladev National Park (India), Pench Tiger Reserve (India) and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (United States of America). Most sites are in India (17), United States of America (3) and Nepal (3). It appears in 7 trip reports in our library.

Top 23 places for the Nilgai

#PlaceCountryGBIF recordsYearsEvidence
1Kevladev National ParkIndia721994–2026Recorded on GBIF
2Pench Tiger ReserveIndia––Reported by our guide
3Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeUnited States of America332010–2026Recorded on GBIF
4Ranthambore National ParkIndia271987–2025Recorded on GBIF
5Sultanpur National ParkIndia192007–2026Recorded on GBIF
6Sultanpur National Park ESZIndia192007–2026Recorded on GBIF
7Blackbuck National ParkIndia162008–2025Recorded on GBIF
8Shukla Phanta National ParkNepal111905Recorded on GBIF
9Chitwan National ParkNepal10–Recorded on GBIF
10Gir National ParkIndia82012–2025Recorded on GBIF
11Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkUnited States of America82017–2025Recorded on GBIF
12Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (La Sal del Rey)United States of America82022–2026Recorded on GBIF
13Mehrauli ASI Regulated AreaIndia82019–2026Recorded on GBIF
14Sawai Man Singh Wildlife SanctuaryIndia82023–2025Recorded on GBIF
15Bandhavgarh National ParkIndia52013–2025Recorded on GBIF
16Asola-Bhatti WLS ESZIndia52022–2024Recorded on GBIF
17Jhalana Conservation ReserveIndia52019–2025Recorded on GBIF
18Panna National ParkIndia42019–2026Recorded on GBIF
19Ken Gharial SanctuaryIndia42019–2023Recorded on GBIF
20Koshi Tappu Wildlife ReserveNepal32018–2026Recorded on GBIF
21Indian Wild Ass SanctuaryIndia32012–2017Recorded on GBIF
22Desert National ParkIndia32023–2025Recorded on GBIF
23Sariska Tiger ReserveIndia32014–2020Recorded on GBIF

By country

India: 17, United States of America: 3 and Nepal: 3.

Seen on trips

The Nilgai is recorded in these trip reports:

Tours that have recorded it

In our guides

Read the full species account in our India guide, Nepal guide.

Take it with you

Build a free printable field guide or e-book for any of these places, with photos and a checklist.

Make a field guide for Kevladev National Park

Photo: (c) Luciano Massa, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC-BY.

GBIF downloads: India, United States of America, Nepal.

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.