Where can you see the White-sided Hillstar?
Some of the best places to see the White-sided Hillstar in the wild include Lanín National Park (Argentina), Puyehue National Park (Chile) and Los Alerces National Park (Argentina) — among 11 wildlife hotspots across Chile and Argentina. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cerro 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 PARKLaja National Park Lagoon
Antuco, Chile
+123 birds+1 mammals
Where the Andes descend into the Biobío Region's temperate forests, a vast lagoon fills the caldera of the extinct Antuco volcano, cradled by steep native woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLanín National Park
Argentina
+128 birds+7 mammals
Where the volcanic spine of the Andes plunges into Patagonian steppe, Lanín National Park sprawls across nearly 4,700 square kilometers of one of Argentina's most visually…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Alerces National Park
Argentina
+84 birds+3 mammals
Where the temperate rainforests of southern Patagonia sweep down towards crystalline lakes, Los Alerces National Park unfolds across nearly 3,000 square kilometres of one of South…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLos Cardones National Park
Argentina
+193 birds+6 mammals
Where the Andes descend into northwestern Argentina, Los Cardones National Park sprawls across nearly 1,200 square kilometres of one of South America's most distinctive high-altitude desert…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahuel Huapi National Park
Argentina
+124 birds+11 mammals
Where the Andes descend toward Patagonia, vast glacial lakes cut through a landscape of southern beech forest and granite peaks, creating one of South America's most…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Municipal Llao Llao
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
+73 birds+1 mammals
Where the Andes meet the Patagonian lakes, granite peaks rise above temperate rainforest in a landscape of startling contrasts. Parque Municipal Llao Llao, sprawling across 23…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPatagonia National Park
Cochrane, Chile
+133 birds+8 mammals
Where the Andes meet the Patagonian steppe, vast grasslands and shrublands sweep across rolling terrain carved by ancient glaciation, their contours softened by distance and dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPuyehue National Park
Puyehue, Chile
+110 birds+4 mammals
Across the volcanic spine of the Los Lagos Region, where the Andes descend toward temperate rainforest, Puyehue National Park encompasses nearly 2,600 square kilometers of one…
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