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Anavilhanas National Park
🇧🇷 Brazil
South America, Brazil 1314 spp. recorded
Anavilhanas National Park is a vast riverine protected area in the Brazilian Amazon, featuring a massive labyrinth of freshwater channels, flooded forests, and countless floating islands. This wetland labyrinth stands apart from solid-land reserves through its constantly shifting aquatic pathways and dense vegetation shaped by rising and falling river levels.
-2.270° S 60.906° W
🦜 Nature
535 Species sighted
15,866 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Nov Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
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⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
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⭐ Iconic Species
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 938 more species with insufficient data
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Recent sightings in Anavilhanas National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
34Jan
30Feb
33Mar
34Apr
44May
44Jun
40Jul
44Aug
38Sep
34Oct
45Nov
31Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Novo Airão · Arquipélago de Anavilhanas
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Novo Airão · Ramal do Médico
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Canal fechado por dentro do igapó
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Festive Parrot~40%-20%
Black Vulture~30%-30%
White-throated Toucan~30%-20%
Yellow-rumped Cacique~30%-30%
Ringed Kingfisher~30%-20%
Blue-headed Parrot~20%-10%
Great Kiskadee~10%-20%
Tropical Kingbird~10%-40%
Green-backed Trogon<5%-30%
Silver-beaked Tanager<5%-40%
Swallow-wing Puffbird<5%-20%
Screaming Piha<5%-10%
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
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0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
Very goodHow rich is the wildlife?
4.5
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 760
🐒 Mammals 237
🦎 Reptiles 207
🐸 Amphibians 110
1314 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
34 Threatened 45 Endemic
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Sighting
GoodHow likely to see animals?
2.9
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
49% 📊
Coverage (253 species at ≥5% of 1314 in the inventory)
19% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 2 reptile, 1 mammal)
54% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
173 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
19 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
10 🏕️
Experience
ExcellentHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.9
Climate Mixed Medium
Entrance Free High
Tourism Low High
Trails Easy High
World Heritage Yes Bonus
What visitors say
We saw ringed kingfishers, pink dolphins, blue macaws, red macaws, white-throated toucans, three-toed sloths, squirrel monkeys, green ibis, reddish egret, wattled Jacanas, black nun birds, Amazon kingfish, yellow cacique, puffbirds, black collared hawks, white-tailed trojans, and crimson topaz hummingbirds.
On a night tour, we had better luck seeing animals, using spotlights to see sloths, snakes, and caimans (gator / crocodile-like reptiles).
We saw giant ants, heard some monkeys, smelled the path of a well fed snail, encountered birds and butterflies.
A rather smiley three-toed sloth – we spotted this one on the drive to the lodge One day we spotted both the endangered Amazon River Dolphins (also known as the Pink River Dolphin or Boto) and the Grey River Dolphins (Tucuxi).
Before you go
What animals can you see in Anavilhanas National Park?
1,314 species
Anavilhanas National Park has 1,314 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Festive Parrot (about 60%), Black Vulture (about 60%), Yellow-rumped Cacique (about 50%), Boto (about 50%) and Ringed Kingfisher (about 50%). Among reptiles, the most-seen is Black Caiman (about 50%); among amphibians, Eastern Cane Toad (about 40%).
When is the best time to visit Anavilhanas National Park for wildlife?
April–August and October–November
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 50% on a given day, against about 40% in September and December–March.
Can you see a Boto in Anavilhanas National Park?
Yes
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Boto sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is August (about 80%).
Can you see a Black Caiman in Anavilhanas National Park?
Yes
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Black Caiman sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is October (about 70%).
Can you see a Brown-throated Sloth in Anavilhanas National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-throated Sloth sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March and April (about 50%).
Can you see a Garden Tree Boa in Anavilhanas National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Tree Boa sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March (about 60%).
Where in Anavilhanas National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Novo Airão · Amazonia Park Suites
The richest sighting zone is around Novo Airão · Amazonia Park Suites, followed by Novo Airão · Arquipélago de Anavilhanas and Novo Airão · Ramal do Médico, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Anavilhanas National Park good for wildlife watching?
3.4 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Anavilhanas National Park rates 3.4/5: 219th of 316 parks worldwide and 28th in South America. 25 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
