Crested Caracara

Where to see

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 30 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~80%
2 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
4 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
5 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
6 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
7 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~50%
8 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
9 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
10 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~40%
11 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~40%
12 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
13 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
14 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
15 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
16 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
17 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
18 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
19 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
20 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
21 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
22 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
23 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
24 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
25 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Crested Caracara?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Caracara sighting on a given day, the highest of the 30 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Crested Caracara?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), May to August in Emas National Park (about 80%) and May and September–October in Iberá National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crested Caracara on a given day. Each park's Crested Caracara page has the full month-by-month chart.