Where can you see the Rufous-headed Woodpecker?
Some of the best places to see the Rufous-headed Woodpecker in the wild include Yasuní National Park (Ecuador), Manu National Park (Peru) and Bahuaja Sonene National Park (Peru) — among 4 wildlife hotspots across Peru, Ecuador and Brazil. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bahuaja Sonene National Park
San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru
+602 birds+8 mammals
Where the Madre de Dios and Heath rivers converge in southeastern Peru rises one of South America's most biodiverse wilderness regions: a vast protected realm of…
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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…
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Brazil
+448 birds+10 mammals
Where the western Amazon meets the Andes foothills, Serra do Divisor National Park sprawls across one of South America's most biodiverse and least accessible frontiers. Spanning…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYasuní National Park
Aguarico, Ecuador
+601 birds+43 mammals
Where the western Amazon basin converges with Ecuador's Orellana Province, lowland rainforest reaches toward the horizon in an unbroken canopy of staggering botanical density. Yasuní National…
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