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Brownsberg Nature Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an American Swallow-tailed Kite during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Brownsberg Nature Park
In Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname, about 70% of wildlife watchers report an American Swallow-tailed Kite sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Chagres National Park and more
After Brownsberg Nature Park, the next-best odds of seeing an American Swallow-tailed Kite are in Chagres National Park (Panama, about 40%), Emas National Park (Brazil, about 30%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 20%). Outside South America, the best options are Chagres National Park in Central America (about 40%) and Everglades National Park in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December and January in Brownsberg Nature Park (about 90%), March to June in Chagres National Park (about 70%) and October in Emas National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an American Swallow-tailed Kite on a given day. Each park's American Swallow-tailed Kite page has the full month-by-month chart.
