Where can you see the Band-winged Nightjar?
Some of the best places to see the Band-winged Nightjar in the wild include Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina), Calilegua National Park (Argentina) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil) — among 47 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alerce Costero National Park
Corral, Chile
+34 birds
Where temperate rainforest descends to the Pacific coast in southern Chile, Alerce Costero National Park protects one of the continent's rarest and most ancient ecosystems across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAntisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+432 birds+21 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes descend into the Amazon basin, Antisana National Park sprawls across roughly 2,500 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCajas National Park
Cuenca, Ecuador
+190 birds+7 mammals
High in the Andes above Cuenca, where elevation ranges from 3,100 to 4,200 metres, the páramo landscape dominates—a windswept realm of cushion plants, alpine grasses, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCalilegua National Park
Municipio de Calilegua, Argentina
+288 birds+8 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes plunge into northwestern Argentina's humid subtropics, nearly 2,645 square kilometers of steep terrain and luxuriant forest compose one of South America's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCerro Castillo National Park
Coyhaique, Chile
+89 birds+3 mammals
Granite peaks and windswept steppe converge across this vast Patagonian landscape, where the Andes' eastern flank drops into terrain sculpted by ice age glaciers and relentless…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada Diamantina National Park
Brazil
+346 birds+5 mammals
Where granite peaks and sandstone cliffs rise abruptly from the Brazilian interior, Chapada Diamantina National Park sprawls across 4,215 square kilometers of some of Brazil's most…
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 PARKChiloé National Park
Dalcahue, Chile
+122 birds+6 mammals
Temperate rainforest cloaks the Chiloé archipelago's northwestern reaches, where granite ridges thrust through dense, moisture-laden canopy and freshwater streams carve ravines toward the Pacific. Across approximately…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCotopaxi National Park
Mulaló, Ecuador
+211 birds+6 mammals
High in Ecuador's volcanic corridor, where the páramo transitions into cloud forest along the slopes of Cotopaxi volcano, the national park unfolds across nearly 500 square…
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