Blue Manakin

Where to see

Blue Manakin

Chiroxiphia caudata

Serra dos Órgãos National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
2 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
3 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
4 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Blue Manakin?

Serra dos Órgãos National Park

In Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Brazil, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Manakin sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Blue Manakin?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are September in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (about 70%), April in Itatiaia National Park (about 80%) and January, April–June, August and October–November in Iguaçu National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue Manakin on a given day. Each park's Blue Manakin page has the full month-by-month chart.