Where to see
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Serra da Canastra National Park leads · 20 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blue-and-white Swallow during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 10 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 14 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 16 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 17 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 19 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 20 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Serra da Canastra National Park
In Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-and-white Swallow sighting on a given day, the highest of the 20 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Los Quetzales National Park and more
After Serra da Canastra National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Blue-and-white Swallow are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%), Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 60%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 60%). Outside South America, the best option is Los Quetzales National Park in Central America (about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October in Serra da Canastra National Park (about 80%), March and April in Los Quetzales National Park (about 70%) and February and September–October in Itatiaia National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue-and-white Swallow on a given day. Each park's Blue-and-white Swallow page has the full month-by-month chart.
