Bigua cormorant

Where to see

Bigua cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 27 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bigua cormorant during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~80%
2 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
3 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
4 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
5 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
6 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
7 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~40%
8 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~40%
9 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
10 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
11 Lauca National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~30%
12 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~30%
14 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
15 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
16 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
17 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
18 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~30%
19 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
20 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
21 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
22 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~20%
23 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
24 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
25 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Bigua cormorant?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Bigua cormorant sighting on a given day, the highest of the 27 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Bigua cormorant?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 90%), April and November–February in Península Valdés (about 80%) and April, July and November–February in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bigua cormorant on a given day. Each park's Bigua cormorant page has the full month-by-month chart.