Where can you see the Magellanic Woodpecker?
Some of the best places to see the Magellanic Woodpecker in the wild include Alerce Costero National Park (Chile), Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina) and Los Alerces National Park (Argentina) — among 12 wildlife hotspots across Chile and Argentina. 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 PARKCerro Castillo National Park
Coyhaique, Chile
+39 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Patagonian steppe and turquoise rivers carve through otherworldly badlands, a landscape of raw geological drama […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChiloé National Park
Dalcahue, Chile
+41 birds+4 mammals
Where temperate rainforests meet rugged Pacific coastlines, a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity unfolds across Chile’s Chiloé archipelago. This 1,201-square-kilometre […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Alerces National Park
Argentina
+55 birds
Where temperate rainforests give way to glacial lakes and ancient monkey puzzle forests, Argentina’s southwestern treasure unfolds across 3,007 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Glaciares National Park
Argentina
+62 birds+8 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce Patagonian skies and rivers of ancient ice sculpt the landscape into cathedrals of blue, the southern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahuel Huapi National Park
Argentina
+120 birds+30 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into crystalline alpine lakes, the southern Andes create one of South America’s most dramatic wilderness theaters. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Municipal Llao Llao
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
+48 birds+2 mammals
Where Andean peaks plunge toward crystalline lakes, ancient forests of southern beech and cypress cling to slopes that rise dramatically […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Provincial Península de Magallanes
Argentina
+30 birds+3 mammals
Where the Beagle Channel narrows and Patagonian steppe plunges into sub-Antarctic waters, 415 square kilometres of raw wilderness reward the […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPatagonia National Park
Cochrane, Chile
+92 birds+12 mammals
Where granite towers pierce the Patagonian sky and turquoise rivers carve through windswept steppe, one of South America’s most dramatic […]
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