Where can you see the Azure-winged Magpie?
Some of the best places to see the Azure-winged Magpie in the wild include Baikal National Park (Russia), Jiuzhai Valley (China) and Monfragüe National Park (Spain) — among 14 wildlife hotspots across China, Spain and Russia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Baikal National Park
Ольхонский район, Russia
+184 birds+11 mammals
Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGiant Panda National Park
Mianyang, China
+447 birds+47 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJiuzhai Valley
Jiuzhaigou County, China
+226 birds+7 mammals
Where crystalline alpine streams cascade through limestone gorges and karst terrain rises in dramatic vertical walls, Jiuzhai Valley unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of southwestern…
VIEW NATURAL MONUMENTLand of the Leopard National Park
Khasansky District, Russia
+83 birds+11 mammals
Where coniferous and mixed forests sweep across the rolling terrain of Russia's Far East, Land of the Leopard National Park embraces a landscape shaped by the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonfragüe National Park
Torrejón el Rubio, Spain
+219 birds+10 mammals
Where the Tagus River cuts through limestone plateaus in central Extremadura, Monfragüe National Park rises as a fortress of Mediterranean and Atlantic woodland, its dramatic rocky…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNortheast China Tiger and Leopard National Park
Mu Dan Jiang Shi, China
+202 birds+19 mammals
Across the temperate forests of northeastern China, where winters grip the landscape in subzero silence and summers remain cool and brief, the Mudanjiang region supports a…
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.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEQinghai Lake National Nature Reserve
Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China
+243 birds+11 mammals
At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets the landscape for half the year,…
VIEW NATURE RESERVESierra de Andújar Natural Park
Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain
+198 birds+19 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain's most pristine wilderness areas unfolds across 74,000 hectares of…
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