Where can you see the Pauraque?
Some of the best places to see the Pauraque in the wild include Chagres National Park (Panama), Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica) and Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica) — among 22 wildlife hotspots across 8 countries, including Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Amacayacu 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 PARKArrecifes de Cozumel National Park
San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico
+134 birds+21 mammals
Crystalline waters lap against the world’s second-longest coral barrier reef, where vibrant walls of living limestone plunge into the abyss. […]
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 PARKBraulio Carrillo National Park
Las Horquetas, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
Steep volcanic slopes plunge into misty valleys where primary tropical rainforest cloaks the landscape in unrelenting green. Rising from 2,000 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCerros de Amotape National Park
District of San Jacinto, Ecuador
+117 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the tropical sky above northwestern Ecuador, a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity unfolds across nearly 4,800 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChagres National Park
Caimitillo, Panama
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where rainforest canopy meets mountain spine, the Chagres River carves through some of Central America’s most pristine tropical wilderness. Spanning […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Guimarães National Park
Brazil
+146 birds+15 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise abruptly from central Brazilian cerrado, ancient escarpments reveal a landscape of extraordinary drama and ecological complexity. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Veadeiros National Park
Brazil
+143 birds+19 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise abruptly from central Brazil’s cerrado savanna, ancient quartzite formations create a landscape of breathtaking geological drama. […]
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