Where can you see the Variable Hawk?
Some of the best places to see the Variable Hawk in the wild include Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina), Calilegua National Park (Argentina) and Port Stephens (Falkland Islands) — among 41 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Chile, Argentina, Ecuador and Falkland Islands. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Antisana National Park
Quijos, Ecuador
+432 birds+21 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes descend into the Amazon basin, Antisana National Park sprawls across roughly 2,500 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCajas 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 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 PARKCape Dolphin
falskland islands, Falkland Islands
+54 birds+1 mammals
Where windswept grasslands meet dramatic coastal cliffs, the Falkland Islands' northern reaches reveal one of the Southern Hemisphere's most compelling seabird sanctuaries. The terrain here is…
VIEW NATURE RESERVECerro Castillo National Park
Coyhaique, Chile
+89 birds+3 mammals
Granite peaks and windswept steppe converge across this vast Patagonian landscape, where the Andes' eastern flank drops into terrain sculpted by ice age glaciers and relentless…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCerros de Amotape National Park
District of San Jacinto, Ecuador
+246 birds+1 mammals
Arid mountains rise abruptly from Peru's northwestern frontier, their slopes clothed in xerophytic scrubland and seasonal deciduous forest that transforms these Andean foothills into one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChiloé National Park
Dalcahue, Chile
+122 birds+6 mammals
Temperate rainforest cloaks the Chiloé archipelago's northwestern reaches, where granite ridges thrust through dense, moisture-laden canopy and freshwater streams carve ravines toward the Pacific. Across approximately…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCotopaxi National Park
Mulaló, Ecuador
+211 birds+6 mammals
High in Ecuador's volcanic corridor, where the páramo transitions into cloud forest along the slopes of Cotopaxi volcano, the national park unfolds across nearly 500 square…
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…
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