Where can you see the Black Skimmer?
Some of the best places to see the Black Skimmer in the wild include Parque Nacional de Galápagos (Ecuador), Alerce Costero National Park (Chile) and Sarigua National Park (Panama) — among 14 wildlife hotspots across 7 countries, including Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alerce Costero National Park
Corral, Chile
+36 birds+1 mammals
Ancient alerce forests rise like living cathedrals from the temperate rainforests of southern Chile, where mist clings to canopy and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAmacayacu National Park
Leticia, Colombia
+133 birds+29 mammals
Where the Amazon’s dark waters merge with flooded forest and terra firme upland, five thousand square kilometres of pristine wilderness […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAnavilhanas National Park
Brazil
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Rio Negro braids into a labyrinth of islands and waterways, one of the Amazon’s most pristine archipelagos unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBahuaja Sonene National Park
San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above the confluence of Peru’s Río Heath and Río Tambopata, one of the Amazon’s most pristine […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEverglades National Park
Monroe County, United States
+123 birds+27 mammals
Where sawgrass prairie stretches endlessly beneath subtropical skies, a vast wetland wilderness pulses with primordial energy. Spanning over 13,000 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLençóis Maranhenses National Park
Brazil
+60 birds+3 mammals
Across 3,670 square kilometres of northeastern Brazil, an improbable landscape unfolds: a vast mosaic of freshwater lagoons, palm-studded dunes, and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKManu National Park
Manu, Peru
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where the Andes plunge into the Amazon basin, a wilderness of uncompromising scale unfolds across 1.5 million hectares. Spanning three […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMapinguari National Park
Brazil
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where the Amazon’s southwestern frontier meets the Xingu Basin, vast tracts of pristine tropical forest rise and fall across nearly […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Bahía Portete Kaurrele National Park
Colombia
+17 birds
Where the Caribbean laps against Colombia’s northernmost tip, crystalline waters meet limestone cliffs in a pocket of wilderness that few […]
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