Where can you see the Variable Woodpecker?
Some of the best places to see the Variable Woodpecker in the wild include Yasuní National Park (Ecuador), Mapinguari National Park (Brazil) and Amacayacu National Park (Colombia) — among 14 wildlife hotspots across Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Amacayacu National Park
Leticia, Colombia
+567 birds+25 mammals
Where the Rio Amazonas curves through the tri-border region where Colombia, Peru, and Brazil converge, Amacayacu National Park sprawls across more than 5,250 square kilometres of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAmazônia National Park
Brazil
+439 birds+6 mammals
Where the Rio Amazonas and its tributaries weave through the heart of Pará state, a vast tapestry of rainforest stretches across 23,611 square kilometers of unbroken…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAnavilhanas National Park
Brazil
+468 birds+8 mammals
Across the Rio Negro in central Amazonas, an archipelago of over a thousand islands rises from the world's largest rainforest river system, creating a labyrinth of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBahuaja 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos Amazónicos National Park
Amazonas, Brazil
+434 birds+7 mammals
Sprawling across the southwestern Amazon basin in Amazonas state, this 27,263-square-kilometre national park encompasses some of the region's most pristine lowland rainforest, where terra firme forest…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJaú National Park
Brazil
+354 birds+3 mammals
Vast floodplain forests and blackwater rivers define this remote corner of western Amazonas, where the Rio Negro and its tributaries have carved an intricate mosaic of…
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 PARKMapinguari National Park
Brazil
+354 birds
Vast tracts of western Amazonian rainforest blanket the remote terrain of this 56,827 square kilometre national park in Amazonas state, where seasonal rivers wind through dense…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMonte Roraima National Park
Brazil
+226 birds+1 mammals
Where the tepuis rise from the Amazon basin like islands in a sea of forest, Monte Roraima National Park sprawls across 3,714 square kilometres of one…
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