Red Brocket
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Red Brocket

Mazama americana

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Manu National Park
23 Verified records at Manu National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. It also occurs on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (it also occurred on the island of Tobago until very recent historical times, but has been extirpated there). Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Brocket sighting in Manu National Park, based on 23 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Manu National Park

Collared Peccary
Endemic

Collared Peccary

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Pecari tajacu

5–10% · With luck
White-lipped Peccary
VU

White-lipped Peccary

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Tayassu pecari

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
20–30%
2 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
3 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
4 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
5 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
6 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
7 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red Brocket in Manu National Park?

About 11% of wildlife watchers report a Red Brocket sighting in Manu National Park, based on 23 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red Brocket in Manu National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Red Brocket in Manu National Park in our monthly data.

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