Where can you see the Collared Aracari?
Some of the best places to see the Collared Aracari in the wild include Darién National Park (Panama), Montes Azules (Mexico) and Tikal National Park (Guatemala) — among 30 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Guatemala. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Arenal Volcano National Park
Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
+551 birds+21 mammals
Straddling the border between Alajuela and Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, this national park rises dramatically around one of Central America's most active volcanic systems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarbilla National Park
Chirripó, Costa Rica
+226 birds
Where the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica's eastern cordillera plunges into perpetual moisture, Barbilla National Park rises as one of Central America's most water-rich ecosystems. Fed…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge
Tortuguero, Costa Rica
+462 birds+36 mammals
Where the Caribbean's restless waters meet the Limón Province coastline, Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. This equatorial…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBraulio Carrillo National Park
Las Horquetas, Costa Rica
+547 birds+18 mammals
Where the Caribbean slope descends from the central volcanic cordillera toward the humid lowlands of Heredia, Braulio Carrillo National Park preserves one of Costa Rica's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCahuita National Park
Talamanca, Costa Rica
+359 birds+15 mammals
Where the Caribbean shoreline dissolves into mangrove creeks and coral gardens, Cahuita's mosaic of habitats unfolds across the Limón coast. The park's signature feature—a living coral…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCaño Negro National Wildlife Refuge
Caño Negro District, Costa Rica
+486 birds+16 mammals
Where the San Juan River's seasonal floodplain opens into expansive wetlands, Caño Negro Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across one of Central America's most productive freshwater ecosystems. This…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCerros de Amotape National Park
District of San Jacinto, Ecuador
+246 birds+1 mammals
Arid mountains rise abruptly from Peru's northwestern frontier, their slopes clothed in xerophytic scrubland and seasonal deciduous forest that transforms these Andean foothills into one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChagres National Park
Caimitillo, Panama
+486 birds+19 mammals
Where the Chagres River carves through the humid tropics of central Panama, a vast montane and lowland forest sprawls across more than 2,300 square kilometers, anchoring…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCurú National Wildlife Refuge
Paquera, Costa Rica
+249 birds+8 mammals
Where the Pacific coast of Puntarenas dissolves into dry deciduous forest and mangrove fringe, Curú Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of Costa Rica's most ecologically vital yet…
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