Vicuña

Vicuña

Vicugna vicugna

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
70–80% · Very likely
overall probability at Lauca National Park

Closest Relatives at Lauca National Park

Guanaco
LC

Guanaco

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Lama guanicoe

30–40% · Possible
North Andean Huemul
VU

North Andean Huemul

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Hippocamelus antisensis

60–70% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
70–80
Feb
70–80
Mar
60–70
Apr
80–90
May
70–80
Jun
70–80
Jul
80–90
Aug
70–80
Sep
60–70
Oct
80–90
Nov
80–90
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Lauca National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
70–80%
2 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
20–30%
3 Huascarán National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Vicuña in Lauca National Park?

About 77% of visitor-days record a Vicuña sighting in Lauca National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Vicuña in Lauca National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Vicuña in Lauca National Park in our monthly data.

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