Where to see
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Palo Verde National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bare-throated Tiger Heron during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 10 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 11 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Palo Verde National Park
In Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-throated Tiger Heron sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tortuguero National Park and more
After Palo Verde National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Bare-throated Tiger Heron are in Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%), Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Coiba National Park (Panama, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is Celestún Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May and September–October in Palo Verde National Park (about 80%), June–July and October in Tortuguero National Park (about 70%) and February to June in Carara National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bare-throated Tiger Heron on a given day. Each park's Bare-throated Tiger Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.
