Where can you see the Band-tailed Nighthawk?
Some of the best places to see the Band-tailed Nighthawk in the wild include Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil), Amacayacu National Park (Colombia) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil) — among 10 wildlife hotspots across Brazil and Colombia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Amacayacu National Park
Leticia, Colombia
+567 birds+25 mammals
Where the Rio Amazonas curves through the tri-border region where Colombia, Peru, and Brazil converge, Amacayacu National Park sprawls across more than 5,250 square kilometres of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAmazônia National Park
Brazil
+439 birds+6 mammals
Where the Rio Amazonas and its tributaries weave through the heart of Pará state, a vast tapestry of rainforest stretches across 23,611 square kilometers of unbroken…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAnavilhanas National Park
Brazil
+468 birds+8 mammals
Across the Rio Negro in central Amazonas, an archipelago of over a thousand islands rises from the world's largest rainforest river system, creating a labyrinth of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos Amazónicos National Park
Amazonas, Brazil
+434 birds+7 mammals
Sprawling across the southwestern Amazon basin in Amazonas state, this 27,263-square-kilometre national park encompasses some of the region's most pristine lowland rainforest, where terra firme forest…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Guimarães National Park
Brazil
+450 birds+1 mammals
Where weathered sandstone plateaus rise above the cerrado grasslands of central Brazil, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park protects 624 square kilometres of ecological transition zone that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Veadeiros National Park
Brazil
+324 birds+6 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise above the cerrado savanna in central Brazil, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park unfolds across 6,665 square kilometres of some of the world's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJaú National Park
Brazil
+354 birds+3 mammals
Vast floodplain forests and blackwater rivers define this remote corner of western Amazonas, where the Rio Negro and its tributaries have carved an intricate mosaic of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPantanal Matogrossense National Park
Brazil
+322 birds+17 mammals
Where the flooded forests of central Brazil meet vast seasonally inundated grasslands, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park sprawls across nearly 2,900 square kilometers of one of the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPico da Neblina National Park
Brazil
+103 birds
Where the Amazon's western rampart rises into perpetual mist, Pico da Neblina National Park sprawls across more than 33,000 square kilometres of some of Earth's least…
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