Where to see
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Amboró National Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Crested Oropendola during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 12 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 13 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 14 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 17 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Amboró National Park
In Amboró National Park, Bolivia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Crested Oropendola sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Main Ridge Forest Reserve and more
After Amboró National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Crested Oropendola are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 50%), Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 40%) and Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%). Outside South America, the best option is Main Ridge Forest Reserve in Central America (about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March, September–October and December–January in Amboró National Park (about 90%), December in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (about 70%) and May in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crested Oropendola on a given day. Each park's Crested Oropendola page has the full month-by-month chart.
