Where can you see the Purple-crowned Plovercrest?
Some of the best places to see the Purple-crowned Plovercrest in the wild include Araucárias National Park (Brazil), Iguazú National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil) — among 6 wildlife hotspots across Brazil and Argentina. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Araucárias National Park
Brazil
+231 birds+3 mammals
Where the southern Brazilian highlands rise into cool temperate forest, Araucárias National Park protects one of the Atlantic Forest's most distinctive ecosystems across 506 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIguaçu National Park
Brazil
+387 birds+17 mammals
Where the Paraná Plateau plunges toward the Atlantic watershed, six thousand square kilometers of subtropical rainforest cling to steep gorges and river valleys in this corner…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIguazú National Park
Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
+346 birds+15 mammals
Where the Paraná Plateau plunges toward the Atlantic watershed, nearly 800 square kilometers of subtropical rainforest drape across Misiones Province in a landscape carved by millennia…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSão Joaquim National Park
Brazil
+222 birds+9 mammals
Where the southern Brazilian highlands rise above the Atlantic Forest, São Joaquim National Park protects nearly 1,000 square kilometers of montane terrain that shifts between temperate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSerra do Itajaí National Park
Brazil
+227 birds+2 mammals
Where the Atlantic rainforest rises steeply from the coastal plains of Santa Catarina, Serra do Itajaí National Park spreads across 1,136 square kilometres of montane wilderness…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSerra Geral National Park
Brazil
+211 birds+2 mammals
Where basalt cliffs and sandstone escarpments rise above the subtropical forests of southern Brazil, Serra Geral National Park preserves one of the Atlantic region's most dramatic…
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