Where to see
Opisthocomus hoazin
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Hoatzin during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
In Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Hoatzin sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yasuní National Park and more
After Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Hoatzin are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 50%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 40%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January–February and May in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (about 80%), January and August–September in Yasuní National Park (about 60%) and March–April, July, September and December in Manu National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Hoatzin on a given day. Each park's Hoatzin page has the full month-by-month chart.
