Where to see
Rupicapra pyrenaica
Picos de Europa National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Pyrenean Chamois during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Picos de Europa National Park
In Picos de Europa National Park, Spain, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Pyrenean Chamois sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park and more
After Picos de Europa National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Pyrenean Chamois are in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 70%), Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 60%) and Pyrénées National Park (France, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, May, July and September–November in Picos de Europa National Park (about 80%), March–April and November–December in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (about 80%) and June in Aigüestortes National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Pyrenean Chamois on a given day. Each park's Pyrenean Chamois page has the full month-by-month chart.
