Where to see
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Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Great Black-Hawk during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Great Black-Hawk sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Main Ridge Forest Reserve and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Great Black-Hawk are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 40%), El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 30%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 20%). Outside South America, the best option is Main Ridge Forest Reserve in Central America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%), February in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (about 50%) and October in El Impenetrable National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Great Black-Hawk on a given day. Each park's Great Black-Hawk page has the full month-by-month chart.
