Where to see
Chloroceryle amazona
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Amazon Kingfisher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 70% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon Kingfisher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing an Amazon Kingfisher are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 60%), Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 40%). Outside South America, the best options are Tortuguero National Park in Central America (about 40%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May to August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), May–June and September–October in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (about 70%) and October in Tortuguero National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Amazon Kingfisher on a given day. Each park's Amazon Kingfisher page has the full month-by-month chart.
