Where to see
Ardea cocoi
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 8 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cocoi Heron 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 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Cocoi Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 8 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 a Cocoi Heron are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 50%), Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 50%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May–August and October in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 90%), August and October–November in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (about 70%) and January, March–April and September–October in Iberá National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cocoi Heron on a given day. Each park's Cocoi Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.
