Where to see
Setophaga castanea
Chagres National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bay-breasted Warbler during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Chagres National Park
In Chagres National Park, Panama, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bay-breasted Warbler sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Soberanía National Park and more
After Chagres National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Bay-breasted Warbler are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%), Point Pelee National Park (Canada, about 30%) and Darién National Park (Panama, about 20%). Outside Central America, the best options are Point Pelee National Park in North America (about 30%) and Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November and December in Chagres National Park (about 70%), November in Soberanía National Park (about 60%) and May and August–September in Point Pelee National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bay-breasted Warbler on a given day. Each park's Bay-breasted Warbler page has the full month-by-month chart.
