Where can you see the Rufous Nightjar?
Some of the best places to see the Rufous Nightjar in the wild include Calilegua National Park (Argentina), Chaco National Park (Argentina) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil) — among 23 wildlife hotspots across Brazil, Argentina, Panama and Costa Rica. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Baritú National Park
Argentina
+81 birds+2 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Serranías del Hornocal descend into cloud forest and subtropical ravines, Baritú National Park protects one of northwestern Argentina's most biodiverse…
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 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 PARKChagres National Park
Caimitillo, Panama
+486 birds+19 mammals
Where the Chagres River carves through the humid tropics of central Panama, a vast montane and lowland forest sprawls across more than 2,300 square kilometers, anchoring…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada Diamantina National Park
Brazil
+346 birds+5 mammals
Where granite peaks and sandstone cliffs rise abruptly from the Brazilian interior, Chapada Diamantina National Park sprawls across 4,215 square kilometers of some of Brazil's most…
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 PARKChapada dos Veadeiros National Park
Brazil
+324 birds+6 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise above the cerrado savanna in central Brazil, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park unfolds across 6,665 square kilometres of some of the world's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoiba National Park
Montijo, Panama
+260 birds+10 mammals
An archipelago of volcanic and sedimentary islands rises from the Pacific waters off Panama's southwestern coast, its densest rainforest canopy unbroken for millennia. Coiba National Park…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCorcovado National Park
Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
+444 birds+48 mammals
Where the Osa Peninsula juts into the Pacific, rainforest descends almost to the tide line, and Corcovado National Park protects one of Central America's most intact…
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