Where to see
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Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Emas National Park and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 40%), Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 40%) and Celestún Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%). Outside South America, the best options are Celestún Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 40%) and Lago de Yojoa in Central America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May and July in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 70%), May–June, August and November in Emas National Park (about 50%) and April, June, September and November in Iberá National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture on a given day. Each park's Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture page has the full month-by-month chart.
