Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

🇧🇴 Bolivia

🐆 Jaguar Prowls Noel Kempff's Rivers

🌍 #99 Global · 4.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #19 in South America #44 in Tropical Forest

Bolivia, Bolivia 1410 spp. recorded

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is a remote protected area in eastern Bolivia where the Amazon basin meets the Brazilian Cerrado, creating a vast landscape of lowland rainforests, savanna plains, and sheer sandstone cliffs. Visitors walk along forested river edges and sandy tracks beneath towering canopy trees.

-14.099° S 60.945° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

Insufficient data

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Insufficient data

Boto

Inia geoffrensis

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

60–70% · Likely

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

60–70% · Likely

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

50–60% · Likely

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

50–60% · Likely

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

50–60% · Likely

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

50–60% · Likely

Large-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex

50–60% · Likely

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Ara ararauna

50–60% · Likely

Titi Monkey

Plecturocebus cinerascens

Insufficient data

Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

40–50% · Likely

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey

Ateles chamek

Insufficient data

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

40–50% · Likely

⭐ Iconic Species

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

Insufficient data

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Insufficient data

Boto

Inia geoffrensis

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Titi Monkey

Plecturocebus cinerascens

Insufficient data

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey

Ateles chamek

Insufficient data

Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Insufficient data

South American Tapir

Tapirus terrestris

Insufficient data

Hooded Capuchin

Sapajus cay

Insufficient data

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus hastatus

Insufficient data

White-lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

Insufficient data

Brown Agouti

Dasyprocta variegata

Insufficient data

Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou longicaudatus

Insufficient data

Black Howler

Alouatta caraya

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

60–70% · Likely

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

60–70% · Likely

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

50–60% · Likely

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

50–60% · Likely

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

50–60% · Likely

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

50–60% · Likely

Large-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex

50–60% · Likely

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Ara ararauna

50–60% · Likely

Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

40–50% · Likely

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

40–50% · Likely

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

40–50% · Likely

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Tropidurus chromatops

Tropidurus chromatops

Insufficient data

Yellow-headed Sideneck

Podocnemis unifilis

Insufficient data

Black Caiman

Melanosuchus niger

Insufficient data

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Insufficient data

Yacare Caiman

Caiman yacare

Insufficient data

White-lined Racer

Philodryas nattereri

Insufficient data

Neotropical Rattlesnake

Crotalus durissus

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Basin White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus mystaceus

Insufficient data

Miranda's White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus macrosternum

Insufficient data

Smooth-sided Toad

Rhaebo guttatus

Insufficient data

Giant Broad-headed Treefrog

Osteocephalus taurinus

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🦌

Giant Otter Family Group Observations

MarJun

Giant otters, highly social animals, are often seen in family groups along riverbanks, hunting and playing in coordinated behaviors.

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

Insufficient data

🦌

Jaguar Riverine Hunting

JunDec

Jaguars frequently hunt caimans and capybaras along the park's rivers and oxbow lakes, especially during the dry season when prey concentrates in shrinking water bodies.

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Insufficient data

🦌

Capybara Herd Gatherings

AprDec

Capybaras, the world's largest rodents, form large herds along riverbanks and savannas, often seen grazing or resting in groups near water sources.

Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Insufficient data

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

30–40

30–40

60–70

20–30

20–30

50–60

20–30

30–40

30–40

30–40

20–30

40–50

20–30

20–30

20–30

10–20

10–20

50–60

10–20

20–30

20–30

20–30

10–20

20–30

20–30

20–30

20–30

50–60

10–20

10–20

10–20

20–30

20–30

20–30

10–20

20–30

50–60

60–70

60–70

50–60

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

50–60

Silver-beaked Tanager

50–60

60–70

60–70

50–60

60–70

60–70

50–60

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

60–70

60–70

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

Southern Lapwing

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

60–70

50–60

50–60

60–70

40–50

Black-fronted Nunbird

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

60–70

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

60–70

50–60

40–50

60–70

40–50

Large-billed Tern

40–50

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

60–70

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

30–40

60–70

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

30–40

30–40

30–40

30–40

30–40

30–40

30–40

40–50

80–90

40–50

Undulated Tinamou

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

30–40

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey

30–40

40–50

20–30

30–40

30–40

20–30

50–60

30–40

80–90

40–50

60–70

40–50

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

30–40

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

40–50

40–50

60–70

40–50

30–40

30–40

30–40

Animal Events

🦌 Giant Otter Family Group Observations

🦌 Jaguar Riverine Hunting

🦌 Capybara Herd Gatherings

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Excellent

🐆 Jaguar Prowls Noel Kempff's Rivers

🦜

Biodiversity

Excellent

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

5.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

848

🐒 Mammals

244

🦎 Reptiles

203

🐸 Amphibians

115

1410 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

42 Threatened 48 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Very good

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

3.6 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

51%

📊

Coverage (252 species at ≥5% of 1410 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

18%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (10 bird, 2 mammal)

47% Global avg

37%

🔭

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

132 Global avg

204

🌟

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

21

⭐

High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

27

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