Where to see
Coereba flaveola
Main Ridge Forest Reserve leads · 43 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bananaquit during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
Main Ridge Forest Reserve
In Main Ridge Forest Reserve, Trinidad and Tobago, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Bananaquit sighting on a given day, the highest of the 43 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park and more
After Main Ridge Forest Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Bananaquit are in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (Jamaica, about 90%), Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (Mexico, about 80%) and Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 80%). Outside Central America, the best options are Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park in North America (about 80%) and Tijuca National Park in South America (about 80%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (over 90%), February and May in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (over 90%) and January–February, April–May and July in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bananaquit on a given day. Each park's Bananaquit page has the full month-by-month chart.
