Where can you see the Red-crested Cardinal?
Some of the best places to see the Red-crested Cardinal in the wild include Calilegua National Park (Argentina), Chaco National Park (Argentina) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil) — among 16 wildlife hotspots across Argentina, Brazil and the United States. 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 PARKCalilegua National Park
Municipio de Calilegua, Argentina
+288 birds+8 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes plunge into northwestern Argentina's humid subtropics, nearly 2,645 square kilometers of steep terrain and luxuriant forest compose one of South America's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos del Tuyú National Park
Argentina
+169 birds+5 mammals
Subtropical forest graces the borderlands where Misiones Province meets Paraguay, a landscape shaped by the Paraná Plateau's weathered topography and the warm, humid climate of northeastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChaco National Park
Municipio de Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina
+258 birds+7 mammals
Across the humid subtropical lowlands of northeastern Argentina, where the Paraná River basin feeds vast seasonal wetlands and gallery forests, Chaco National Park protects one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Guimarães National Park
Brazil
+450 birds+1 mammals
Where weathered sandstone plateaus rise above the cerrado grasslands of central Brazil, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park protects 624 square kilometres of ecological transition zone that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Palmar National Park
Distrito Sexto, Argentina
+244 birds+14 mammals
Across the Paraná River floodplain in northeastern Argentina, palms rise from wetland and grassland in a landscape shaped by water and time. El Palmar National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Rey National Park
Municipio de Las Lajitas, Argentina
+317 birds+4 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Andes descend into northwestern Argentina's subtropical transition zone, El Rey National Park unfolds across 841 square kilometers of dramatically varied…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHaleakalā National Park
Maui County, United States
+66 birds+4 mammals
Ascending from sea level to over 10,000 feet across a mere thirty miles, Haleakalā National Park commands one of the Pacific's most dramatic elevation gradients, where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Hawaiʻi County, United States
+84 birds+2 mammals
Where volcanic slopes descend toward the Pacific across more than five thousand square kilometers, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park presents one of Earth's most dynamic laboratories of…
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