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Chapada Diamantina National Park
🇧🇷 Brazil
Caatinga Highlands, Brazil 979 spp. recorded
Chapada Diamantina National Park is a rugged highland sanctuary in Bahia, Brazil, protecting an ancient tropical dry forest of rocky plateaus, cascading waterfalls, and bushy scrublands. Visitors walk along sandy canyon paths and stone-strewn ridges flanked by drought-adapted trees and hidden valleys.
-12.735° S 41.427° W
🦜 Nature
450 Species sighted
27,607 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Nov Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
+ 668 more species with insufficient data
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Recent sightings in Chapada Diamantina National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSounds of Chapada Diamantina National Park
Morning soundscape1:27
Brazil · 2020
© Ciro Albano · XC579147 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Sighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
40Jan
34Feb
40Mar
43Apr
41May
38Jun
45Jul
35Aug
38Sep
46Oct
51Nov
44Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Trilha Palmeiras-Lençóis
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Pousada Casa de Geleia
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Striped Lava Lizard~80%+10%
Black-pencilled Marmoset~80%+30%
Porto Alegre Golden-eyed Tree Frog~70%+40%
Cururu Toad~60%+20%
Emerald-eyed Tree Frog~40%+10%
Peters' Lava Lizard~40%≈
Pale-breasted Thrush~40%-20%
Sayaca Tanager~30%-20%
Blue Dacnis~20%-30%
Great Kiskadee~20%-20%
Red-cowled Cardinal~20%-30%
Neotropical Rattlesnake~20%≈
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South-east park edge
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Lençóis · Estrada para Comunidade Remanso
Daily sight. prob.vs avg- Porto Alegre Golden-eyed Tree Frog~90%+60%
- Striped Lava Lizard~80%+10%
- Black-pencilled Marmoset~70%+20%
Whitetail Lancehead~50%+30%
Blond Titi Monkey~50%+30%- Pale-breasted Thrush~30%-30%
- Blue Dacnis~30%-30%
Southern House Wren~20%-40%- Sayaca Tanager~20%-30%
- Great Kiskadee~20%-30%
- Red-cowled Cardinal~20%-30%
Glittering-bellied Emerald~10%-40%
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Mucugê · Trilha do Labirinto (Mata do Sumidouro)
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Free
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
2–3
daysTrails
Moderate
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
ExcellentHow rich is the wildlife?
5.0
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 585
🐒 Mammals 175
🦎 Reptiles 157
🐸 Amphibians 62
979 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
36 Threatened 149 Endemic
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Sighting
GoodHow likely to see animals?
2.9
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
56% 📊
Coverage (251 species at ≥5% of 979 in the inventory)
26% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (10 bird, 1 reptile, 1 mammal)
39% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
163 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
8 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
19 🏕️
Experience
ExcellentHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.7
Climate Pleasant High
Entrance Free High
Tourism Low High
Trails Moderate Medium
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
After a short birding outing before breakfast we would be heading to the Chapada do Araripe plateau to see the Araripe Manakin.
From our base in Lençóis, we were able to set out early and head up a truly beautiful trail into Chapada Diamantina, which is the Diamond Plateau in Portuguese.
When my husband first suggested that we visit Chapada Diamantina, I didn’t know what to think since I’d never even heard of the place.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Chapada Diamantina National Park?
979 species
Chapada Diamantina National Park has 979 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Striped Lava Lizard (about 70%), Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 60%), Pale-breasted Thrush (about 60%), Southern House Wren (about 60%) and Bananaquit (about 60%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Black-pencilled Marmoset (about 50%); among amphibians, Cururu Toad (about 40%).
When is the best time to visit Chapada Diamantina National Park for wildlife?
April, July–August and October–December
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 60% on a given day, against about 50% in January–March, May–June and September.
Can you see a Hooded Visorbearer in Chapada Diamantina National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Visorbearer sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 372 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is August and December (about 60%).
Can you see a Rock Cavy in Chapada Diamantina National Park?
Yes
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rock Cavy sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is February, June–July, October and December (about 40%).
Can you see a Sincorá Antwren in Chapada Diamantina National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sincorá Antwren sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 270 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is September (about 60%).
Can you see a Black-pencilled Marmoset in Chapada Diamantina National Park?
Yes
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Black-pencilled Marmoset sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is June and August (about 70%).
Where in Chapada Diamantina National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Trilha Palmeiras-Lençóis
The richest sighting zone is around Trilha Palmeiras-Lençóis, followed by Pousada Casa de Geleia and South-east park edge, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Chapada Diamantina National Park good for wildlife watching?
3.5 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Chapada Diamantina National Park rates 3.5/5: 177th of 316 parks worldwide and 25th in South America. 27 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
