Where to see
Tigrisoma lineatum
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rufescent Tiger Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
In Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Brazil, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Rufescent Tiger Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and more
After Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, the next-best odds of seeing a Rufescent Tiger Heron are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 40%), Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 40%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%). Outside South America, the best option is Soberanía National Park in Central America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 90%), October in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (about 60%) and September in Iberá National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rufescent Tiger Heron on a given day. Each park's Rufescent Tiger Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.
