All 5 in 3 days here: ~70%
Serra dos Órgãos National Park
🇧🇷 Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1223 spp. recorded
Serra dos Órgãos is Atlantic forest climbing to bare granite peaks an hour from Rio, and its wildlife is what survives in one of the last continuous stretches of that forest. Blue manakins display on more than half of all visits and maroon-bellied parakeets cross the valley on nearly two thirds.
-22.486° S 43.054° W
🦜 Nature
527 Species sighted
39,917 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Sep Best month
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📊 Most Spotted
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📊 Most Spotted
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🌙 Most active after dark
+ 641 more species with insufficient data
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Recent sightings in Serra dos Órgãos National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSounds of Serra dos Órgãos National Park
Afternoon soundscape1:54
Brazil · 2017
© Bobby Wilcox · XC391937 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Sighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
77Jan
67Feb
80Mar
85Apr
84May
80Jun
84Jul
72Aug
95Sep
74Oct
77Nov
75Dec
Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Magé · Camping da Coruja
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Maroon-bellied Parakeet>90%+30%
Pale-breasted Thrush>90%+40%
Violet-capped Woodnymph>90%+30%
Green-headed Tanager>90%+40%
Golden-chevroned Tanager>90%+30%
Great Kiskadee~90%+10%
Bananaquit~90%+20%
Saffron Finch~90%+20%
Blue Manakin~90%+30%
Rufous-bellied Thrush~90%+10%
Yellow Cururu Toad~80%+30%
Palm Tanager~80%+10%
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Guapimirim · Casa Tukani e entorno
Daily sight. prob.vs avg -
Rio Roncador
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Big-eared Opossum~70%+40%- Yellow Cururu Toad~70%+30%
Brown-throated Sloth~70%+30%
Brown Sipo~60%+30%
Blacksmith Tree Frog~60%+30%
Tropical House Gecko~60%+20%
Girard's Dwarf Frog~60%+30%- Great Kiskadee~50%-30%
Military Ground Snake~50%+20%
Argentine Black-and-white Tegu~50%+20%
Jararacussu~50%+30%
Military River Frog~50%+10%
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North-west park edge
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Black-pencilled Marmoset~90%+60%- Yellow Cururu Toad~80%+30%
- Argentine Black-and-white Tegu~60%+30%
- Tropical House Gecko~50%+20%
- Military Ground Snake~50%+30%
Amazon Lava Lizard~50%+20%- Big-eared Opossum~50%+20%
- Blacksmith Tree Frog~50%+20%
- Great Kiskadee~40%-30%
- Rufous-bellied Thrush~40%-40%
Paraguaian Hairy Dwarf Porcupine~40%+20%
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Petrópolis · área geral
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Medium
Typical stay
1–2
daysTrails
Hard
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Excellent
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
ExcellentHow rich is the wildlife?
5.0
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 701
🐒 Mammals 205
🦎 Reptiles 139
🐸 Amphibians 178
1223 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
60 Threatened 239 Endemic
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Sighting
ExcellentHow likely to see animals?
4.2
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
69% 📊
Coverage (323 species at ≥5% of 1223 in the inventory)
26% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (12 bird)
0% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
209 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
15 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
57 🏕️
Experience
GoodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
2.9
Climate Harsh Low
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Medium Medium
Trails Hard Low
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
Serra dos Orgaos National Park has a rich history that dates back to the early 19th century when Emperor Dom Pedro I declared the Serra do Mar mountain range a protected area.
In our opinion, April is a good time to visit Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Brazil with overall very good weather in Petrópolis.
After two nights in this remarkable reserve, we head to the Serra dos Órgãos mountains for one night and then make our way to the world renowned Itatiaia National Park.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
1,223 species
Serra dos Órgãos National Park has 1,223 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Great Kiskadee (about 80%), Rufous-bellied Thrush (about 70%), Violet-capped Woodnymph (about 70%), Bananaquit (about 70%) and Plain Parakeet (about 70%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Big-eared Opossum (about 40%); among reptiles, Tropical House Gecko (about 30%); among amphibians, Yellow Cururu Toad (about 40%).
When is the best time to visit Serra dos Órgãos National Park for wildlife?
July and September
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 80% on a given day, against about 60% in February and November–December. Those are among Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 310 mm in November.
Can you see a Black-pencilled Marmoset in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
Yes
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-pencilled Marmoset sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is January (about 60%).
Can you see a Brown-throated Sloth in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-throated Sloth sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is April–May and August (about 50%).
Can you see a Blue Manakin in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
Yes
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Manakin sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 388 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is September (about 70%).
Can you see a Maroon-bellied Parakeet in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Maroon-bellied Parakeet sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 455 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is May (about 90%).
Where in Serra dos Órgãos National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around Magé · Camping da Coruja
The richest sighting zone is around Magé · Camping da Coruja, followed by Guapimirim · Casa Tukani e entorno and Rio Roncador, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Serra dos Órgãos National Park good for wildlife watching?
4.5 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Serra dos Órgãos National Park rates 4.5/5: 54th of 316 parks worldwide and 6th in South America. 75 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
