Emas National Park

🇧🇷 Brazil

🐺 Maned Wolf's Dry-Season Spectacle

🌍 #21 Global · 4.8 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #3 in South America #15 in Savanna & Grassland

Cerrado, Brazil 955 spp. recorded

Emas National Park lies in the heart of Brazil’s Cerrado, a tropical savanna of scattered trees, tall grasses and seasonally flooded wetlands. The landscape stretches across rolling plateaus and open grasslands, intersected by shallow rivers that create patches of gallery forest.

-18.132° S 52.921° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Maned Wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

70–80% · Very likely

Greater Rhea

Rhea americana

40–50% · Likely

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Insufficient data

Pampas Deer

Ozotoceros bezoarticus

60–70% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Ara ararauna

80–90% · Very likely

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Aratinga aurea

70–80% · Very likely

Curl-crested Jay

Cyanocorax cristatellus

70–80% · Very likely

Black-throated Saltator

Saltatricula atricollis

70–80% · Very likely

Chopí Blackbird

Gnorimopsar chopi

70–80% · Very likely

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

70–80% · Very likely

White-rumped Monjita

Xolmis velatus

60–70% · Likely

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

60–70% · Likely

South American Tapir

Tapirus terrestris

60–70% · Likely

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

60–70% · Likely

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

60–70% · Likely

Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola

60–70% · Likely

⭐ Iconic Species

Maned Wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

70–80% · Very likely

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Insufficient data

Pampas Deer

Ozotoceros bezoarticus

60–70% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

South American Tapir

Tapirus terrestris

60–70% · Likely

Crab-eating Fox

Cerdocyon thous

50–60% · Likely

White-lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

40–50% · Likely

Azara's Agouti

Dasyprocta azarae

30–40% · Possible

Six-banded Armadillo

Euphractus sexcinctus

30–40% · Possible

Marsh Deer

Blastocerus dichotomus

20–30% · Possible

Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo

Dasypus septemcinctus

20–30% · Possible

Pantanal Cat

Leopardus braccatus

20–30% · Possible

Big-eared Woolly Bat

Chrotopterus auritus

20–30% · Possible

Dicotyles tajacu

Pecari tajacu

20–30% · Possible

Cabasu

Cabassous unicinctus

20–30% · Possible

Hoary Fox

Lycalopex vetulus

20–30% · Possible

⭐ Iconic Species

Greater Rhea

Rhea americana

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Ara ararauna

80–90% · Very likely

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Aratinga aurea

70–80% · Very likely

Curl-crested Jay

Cyanocorax cristatellus

70–80% · Very likely

Black-throated Saltator

Saltatricula atricollis

70–80% · Very likely

Chopí Blackbird

Gnorimopsar chopi

70–80% · Very likely

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

70–80% · Very likely

White-rumped Monjita

Xolmis velatus

60–70% · Likely

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

60–70% · Likely

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

60–70% · Likely

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

60–70% · Likely

Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola

60–70% · Likely

Red-legged Seriema

Cariama cristata

60–70% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Argentine Black-and-white Tegu

Salvator merianae

60–70% · Likely

Cerrado Lancehead

Bothrops pauloensis

40–50% · Likely

Neotropical Rattlesnake

Crotalus durissus

40–50% · Likely

Boa Constrictor

Boa constrictor

40–50% · Likely

Urutu Lancehead

Bothrops alternatus

30–40% · Possible

Amazon Racerunner

Ameiva ameiva

30–40% · Possible

Brazilian Lancehead

Bothrops moojeni

20–30% · Possible

Brazilian Green Racer

Philodryas aestiva

20–30% · Possible

Red-Footed Tortoise

Chelonoidis carbonarius

20–30% · Possible

Yellow Tegu

Salvator duseni

20–30% · Possible

Eastern Rainbow Boa

Epicrates crassus

20–30% · Possible

Southern Coralsnake

Micrurus frontalis

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Fuscous-blotched Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax fuscovarius

20–30% · Possible

Cururu Toad

Rhinella diptycha

20–30% · Possible

Pepper Frog

Leptodactylus labyrinthicus

Insufficient data

Chaco Tree Frog

Boana raniceps

Insufficient data

Chupada Swamp Frog

Pseudopaludicola saltica

Insufficient data

Rusty Toad

Rhinella rubescens

Insufficient data

Lesser Tree Frog

Dendropsophus minutus

Insufficient data

Araguari Tree Frog

Boana paranaiba

Insufficient data

Yellow-spotted Tree Frog

Boana albopunctata

Insufficient data

Cuyaba Dwarf Frog

Physalaemus nattereri

Insufficient data

Boettger's Caecilian

Siphonops paulensis

Insufficient data

Whistling Grass Frog

Leptodactylus fuscus

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🐺

Maned Wolf Dry-Season Sightings

AugSep

Peak dry-season visibility of maned wolves hunting in the open, short-grass Cerrado; mammal-watching tours in this window record 8-9 separate day and night encounters

Maned Wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

70–80% · Very likely

🐜

Giant Anteater Foraging Season

JunJulSep

Dry-season foraging on the park's vast termite-mound grasslands, when low grass makes anteaters conspicuous — visiting groups log up to 10 encounters

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Insufficient data

🐦

Greater Rhea Nesting Season

SepOctNov

Spring breeding of the park's namesake bird: males build ground nests, incubate communal clutches and shepherd chicks across the open campo

Greater Rhea

Rhea americana

40–50% · Likely

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

70–80

70–80

70–80

50–60

70–80

80–90

80–90

70–80

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

60–70

40–50

60–70

50–60

60–70

30–40

40–50

40–50

<5

0–10

20–30

<5

<5

30–40

30–40

<5

20–30

<5

<5

30–40

60–70

50–60

50–60

40–50

70–80

80–90

80–90

50–60

60–70

50–60

80–90

70–80

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

80–90

70–80

80–90

80–90

80–90

80–90

80–90

90–100

80–90

70–80

90–100

80–90

Peach-fronted Parakeet

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

70–80

80–90

80–90

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

80–90

Curl-crested Jay

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

70–80

80–90

80–90

80–90

60–70

70–80

60–70

80–90

Black-throated Saltator

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

50–60

70–80

70–80

60–70

80–90

60–70

Chopí Blackbird

70–80

50–60

70–80

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

Crested Caracara

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

50–60

50–60

60–70

White-rumped Monjita

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

60–70

Blue-black Grassquit

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

70–80

70–80

70–80

50–60

60–70

South American Tapir

60–70

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

70–80

Picazuro Pigeon

60–70

50–60

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

80–90

70–80

60–70

50–60

70–80

60–70

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

70–80

40–50

70–80

70–80

60–70

40–50

50–60

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

70–80

70–80

50–60

70–80

50–60

60–70

70–80

Animal Events

🐺 Maned Wolf Dry-Season Sightings

🐜 Giant Anteater Foraging Season

🐦 Greater Rhea Nesting Season

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ World-class

🐺 Maned Wolf's Dry-Season Spectacle

🦜

Biodiversity

Very good

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

4.5 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

550

🐒 Mammals

185

🦎 Reptiles

160

🐸 Amphibians

60

955 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

33 Threatened 54 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Excellent

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

5.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

72%

📊

Coverage (252 species at ≥5% of 955 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

26%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 3 mammal)

47% Global avg

50%

🔭

Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)

132 Global avg

159

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

27

⭐

High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

57

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