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Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
🇪🇸 Spain
Iberia, Spain 384 spp. recorded
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park sits in the Spanish Pyrenees of Iberia. It is a temperate forest landscape of steep valleys, limestone cliffs and alpine meadows, threaded by the Ordesa canyon and the Monte Perdido massif.
42.644° N 0.032° E
🦜 Nature
175 Species sighted
12,128 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Aug Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
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⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 254 more species with insufficient data
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Recent sightings in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
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Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Gradas de Soaso
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Ermita de San Úrbez-Molino de Aso
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Moderate
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
GoodHow rich is the wildlife?
2.9
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 247
🐒 Mammals 91
🦎 Reptiles 33
🐸 Amphibians 13
384 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
18 Threatened 8 Endemic
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Sighting
GoodHow likely to see animals?
2.6
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
59% 📊
Coverage (105 species at ≥5% of 384 in the inventory)
27% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 2 mammal, 1 reptile)
54% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
75 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
2 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
18 🏕️
Experience
GoodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
3.0
Climate Harsh Low
Entrance Free High
Tourism Medium Medium
Trails Hard Low
World Heritage Yes Bonus
What visitors say
A Black Redstart of the race aterrimus End of the road at almost 3000m: time to hike in search of Wallcreepers We eventually reached the point where we could drive no higher, so it was a matter of hiking to a vantage point where, Alberto told us, we should see Wallcreepers on the facing cliff.
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Before you go
What animals can you see in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?
384 species
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park has 384 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Common Wall Lizard (about 80%), Griffon Vulture (about 80%), Alpine Marmot (about 70%), Chaffinch (about 70%) and Pyrenean Chamois (about 70%). Among amphibians, the most-seen is European Common Frog (about 40%).
When is the best time to visit Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park for wildlife?
January, March–September and November
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 60% on a given day, against about 50% in February, October and December.
Can you see a Bearded Vulture in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bearded Vulture sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 297 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March, May, August, October and December–January (about 50%).
Can you see a Pyrenean Chamois in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pyrenean Chamois sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 102 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March–April and November–December (about 80%).
Can you see a Griffon Vulture in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Griffon Vulture sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 590 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is November and December (about 90%).
Where in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Valle de Pineta
The richest sighting zone is around Valle de Pineta, followed by Gradas de Soaso and Valle de Ordesa, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park good for wildlife watching?
2.8 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park rates 2.8/5: 305th of 316 parks worldwide and 26th in Europe. 22 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
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