Where can you see the Rufous-chested Tanager?
Some of the best places to see the Rufous-chested Tanager in the wild include Huascarán National Park (Peru), Manu National Park (Peru) and Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador) — among 7 wildlife hotspots across Ecuador and Peru. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cajas National Park
Cuenca, Ecuador
+190 birds+7 mammals
High in the Andes above Cuenca, where elevation ranges from 3,100 to 4,200 metres, the páramo landscape dominates—a windswept realm of cushion plants, alpine grasses, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHuascarán National Park
Independencia, Peru
+201 birds+5 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the Andean sky above 6,000 metres, Huascarán National Park sprawls across more than 11,500 square kilometres of Peru's Cordillera Blanca, a landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKManu National Park
Manu, Peru
+892 birds+26 mammals
Across the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes, tropical rainforest descends into the Amazon basin with a complexity that few terrestrial ecosystems match. Manu National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPodocarpus National Park
Zamora, Ecuador
+496 birds+6 mammals
Where the Andes descend toward the Amazon basin, Podocarpus National Park sprawls across nearly 2,800 square kilometres of the most biodiverse terrain in Ecuador's southern highlands.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSangay National Park
Cebadas, Ecuador
+320 birds+10 mammals
High in Ecuador's Andean spine, where the Western Cordillera rises to touch perpetual snow, a landscape of volcanic drama and ecological intensity unfolds across Sangay National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYacuri National Park
Las Juntas, Ecuador
+166 birds+1 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Andes descend into Ecuador's southern frontier, Yacuri National Park unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of montane cloud forest and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYanachaga–chemillén National Park
Palcazu, Peru
+639 birds+6 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of Peru's central cordillera plunge into cloud forest, Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park protects nearly three thousand square kilometres of montane wilderness that few…
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