Where to see
Haematopus ater
Península Valdés leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blackish Oystercatcher during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Pan de Azúcar National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Falkland Islands | 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | |
| 4 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Península Valdés
In Península Valdés, Argentina, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blackish Oystercatcher sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Pan de Azúcar National Park and more
After Península Valdés, the next-best odds of seeing a Blackish Oystercatcher are in Pan de Azúcar National Park (Chile, about 60%), Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands, about 40%) and Paracas National Reserve (Peru, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Península Valdés (about 70%) and March and November in Falkland Islands (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blackish Oystercatcher on a given day. Each park's Blackish Oystercatcher page has the full month-by-month chart.
